PETALUMA, Calif. -- Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that two Missouri electric cooperatives, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (Co-Mo) of Tipton, Missouri and Broadband Stimulus winner United Electric Cooperative (United) of Maryville, Missouri, have selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to bring fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) to over 27,000 homes and businesses in the region. Both cooperatives are industry-leading examples of electric cooperatives expanding their traditional bus iness model to include advanced broadband services for their members and throughout their respective communities.

Co-Mo and United are both deploying the EXA Powered Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) and utilizing gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) technology, allowing them to each implement one of the nation's most advanced broadband network infrastructures. Co-Mo and United will offer high-speed data and voice services over their fiber access networks that are capable of delivering up to 1 gigabit per second (1 Gbps) to any subscriber -- far faster than the broadband speeds available to most subscribers in America's largest cities. Committed to furthering economic development in their respective communities, both cooperatives will also be looking towards telemedicine and distance learning applications in the future for local schools and health care institutions.

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