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November 02, 2011

Calix Intros Ethernet eXtensible Architecture Powered C7 Multiservice Access Platform

Calix (News - Alert) Inc. announced the introduction of Ethernet eXtensible Architecture (EXA) Powered Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) which can support migration to native IPv6 with the platform’s new software release.

Kevin Pope, senior vice president of product development at Calix said in a release, “Since the birth of the MSAP category in 2005 through present day, the Calix C7 has been the market leader across North America and the Caribbean, with tens of thousands of platforms deployed representing over $1 billion in service provider investment.”

“With our latest C7 software release, every one of these platforms can be updated to support IPv6 addresses, as well as existing IPv4 addresses. From the newest C7 deployments with 10GE transport, line rate GPON, and VDSL2 to the very first C7s with SONET and ADSL, every C7 can be upgraded to a dual stack IPv4/IPv6 access network,” Pope added.

The C7 North is a widely deployed multiservice access platform in America besides being a key component of the Calix Unified Access portfolio. The solution  prepares the access network for transition with dual stack support for both IPv4 addresses and IPv6 addresses. With the launch of migrations by service providers a simple software upgrade is required which will support IPv6 without more expenditures and upgrades.

It was revealed that as IPv4 addresses were depleting, service providers have to migrate to IPv6 with increase in demand for broadband drives. This increase results in greater demand for more IP addresses.

Officials at Calix added that by adopting a dual stack architecture that supports IPv4 and native IPv6, the new software release for the Calix C7 keeps the migration seamless and timely besides eliminating equipment changes.

Frank Bulk, technology and product development manager at Premier Communications revealed, “The IPv4 address pool from ARIN (News - Alert) in North America is drying up and practically gone from APNIC in the Asia-Pacific region. Every company that delivers broadband services has to migrate to IPv6, and by partnering with Calix, we can support both IPv6 traffic and IPv4 traffic, across GPON, VDSL2 and ADSL2+, from the Internet all the way to a residential gateway through a straight-forward software upgrade on existing hardware.”

Bulk added that as it had to support native IPv6 and IPv4 on their ‘VLAN per service’ broadband network, Calix assisted by delivering the C7 solution.

In other news, Calix, Inc. recently announced that Broadband Stimulus awardee Vermont Telephone Company (VTel) will deploy the Calix 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) to deliver advanced broadband services to more than 15,000 customers throughout its service area in southern Vermont. 

Last year, VTel was awarded federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding for its Wireless Open World (WOW) network to extend fiber to every home and business in the VTel service area and roll out 4G/LTE (News - Alert) high speed, wireless broadband services throughout Vermont.



Shamila Janakiraman is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Shamila’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell
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