April 3, 2006 Petaluma, CA -- TDS Telecom (Madison, WI) has deployed the Calix C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP) to deliver FTTP and high-speed copper services to business and residential subscribers. Already deployed within the provider's TDS Metrocom unit, the MSAP will now allow the provider to support access media including FTTP, ADSL2+, and Gigabit Ethernet technologies, while continuing to support legacy telco services such as POTS, specials, DS1, and DS3.
According to a press release, TDS has deployed the Calix C7 in CLEC applications to provide Fast Ethernet, DS1, and DS3 services to businesses and communications-intensive residential customers in five states. According to Calix, today's announcement highlights an expanded relationship with TDS to use the C7 platform for ILEC customers looking for high-value broadband services. Calix says the packet-based platform will allow TDS to deliver a range of voice, data, and video services to business and residential subscribers over the provider's 1.1 million access line footprint covering 30 states.
"Calix access systems are extremely versatile and provide us with a great deal of capacity," comments Lisa Cvengros, vice president of network services and CTO TDS Telecom. "Being able to deliver services to out-of-region CLEC and in-region ILEC customers with a single packet-based platform also provides us with operational efficiencies and accelerates the speed with which we can roll out new broadband services."
"TDS typifies forward-looking telcos that are aggressively delivering new services throughout their operating territories," adds Teresa Morris, Calix's vice president of national sales. "With support for active and passive fiber, legacy and broadband copper, and OC-48 transport, the Calix C7 is the ideal platform for supporting IPTV and other high-value services that carriers need to compete effectively against cable operators."
Calix says its C7 MSAP can be deployed in central offices, remote terminals, and collocations with equal ease. The MSAP incorporates 200 Gbit/sec of backplane capacity, 480 fiber or copper interfaces, and support for IP-based voice, data, and video services into a compact, redundant, rear-access configuration. According to the company, especially in space-challenged MDU/MTU collocations, the ultra-compact MSAP can be quickly installed without sacrificing connection density or capacity.