BERLIN – October 23, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven Intelligent Access, today announced the latest addition to its industry-leading AXOS Gfast family with the introduction of the groundbreaking E3-48F Gfast Remote Node (sealed DPU) and E5-48F Gfast Node, the industry's first 48-port, Amendment 3 solutions. Introducing these next generation Gfast solutions and beginning trials in a Tier 1 lab at this pace is only possible due to the speed of development that AXOS enables through its anyPHY™ hardware abstracted architecture. The AXOS E3-48F and E5-48F redefine both the performance and economics of Gfast deployment, especially in larger MDUs where old wiring has historically meant a sub-par subscriber experience. These latest Calix AXOS Gfast systems allow service providers to take advantage of a core tenet of Gfast Amendment 3, 212 MHz support, which doubles broadband speeds over copper and, when deployed with Calix cDTA and bonding technologies, delivers symmetrical speeds of up to 2 Gbps to subscribers. Industry-leading port densities that are three times that of competitive solutions dramatically reduce costs per port, while vectoring for up to 96 ports without the need for an external VCP further enhance scalability and deployment economics.
With more people living in MDUs relative to other housing environments, MDUs represent a significant opportunity for service providers, as well as a significant challenge. There is a wide variety of variables when bringing broadband service to MDUs from wiring to building size to environmental differences, but Calix AXOS Gfast solutions provide a way for service providers to standardize on one technology for every scenario. Through AXOS, service providers can take advantage of an unparalleled time-to-market advantage through accelerated system installation and Always On capabilities that simplify operations and eliminate maintenance windows. By dramatically reducing the length of the prolonged and costly deployment cycle needed for fiber, today's AXOS Gfast installations can be done in a matter of days, sometimes even hours.
See the new AXOS E3-48F and E5-48F on display both this week at Broadband World Forum in Berlin in Booth #A119 and next week at Calix ConneXions in Las Vegas.