Calix Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced it provided its Intelligent Access EDGE platform to PalmettoLink to turn up subscribers dramatically faster on the broadband service provider’s new 10-Gbs XGS-PON software-defined broadband network. South Carolina-based PalmettoLink is a broadband partnership between Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) and Palmetto Electric Cooperative.
Calix asserts that PalmettoLink can now reduce subscriber turnups by 83% thanks to its use of the Network Innovation Platform and E7-2 Intelligent Modular System. The E7-2 Intelligent Modular System offers support for automated network service provisioning via the AXOS SMx Connector. AXOS SMx is designed to simplify ONT service activation.
The PalmettoLink broadband fiber network provides subscribers with access to advanced services including telehealth, online education, economic development opportunities, and more.
“XGS-PON will enable us to future-proof our network and deliver high-speed services that support cloud-based gaming, smart home services, video streaming, and conferencing,” says Tony Stout, chief technology officer at PRTC. “In addition to delivering new high-speed services, the software-defined Calix XGS-PON network will enable us to maintain a significant advantage over our competitors by rapidly turning up subscribers and significantly reducing back-office integration time and costs.”
PRTC serves more than 13,000 access lines in nine South Carolina counties through a completely digital host-remote, all private-line network with six exchanges. Palmetto Electric Cooperative offers programs to more than 75,000 customers.
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