Calix doubles GPON port density on E7-2 modular ESAP

PETALUMA, USA: Calix Inc. announced new GPON-8 card to its E7-2 modular Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP).

The new card doubles GPON port density of E7-2 ESAP, thus enabling 16 GPON ports, 8 gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports, and multiple 10GE uplink ports in each 1 rack unit (1RU) E7-2 modular chassis. With this enhancement to E7-2's pay-as-you-grow architecture, communications service providers can leverage pluggable optical interface modules (OIMs) on each card slot to grow fiber access deployments to deliver broadband service speeds of up to one gigabit per second to over 1,000 subscribers with each modular E7-2 deployed, claims the company in a release.

New Calix software tools like Smart Activate provide opex savings through an interface for deployment of Calix optical network terminals (ONTs) and Residential Services Gateways (RSGs). With Smart Activate, Calix ONTs and RSGs can provisioned from mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones.

Moreover, with the new Home Gateway upgrades to 700GE ONTs and 836GE RSGs for Calix E7 GPON customers, Calix service provider customers can deploy RSGs at every fiber-fed premises.

Robert Balsamo, Calix VP of product strategy. "With the latest additions to the Calix Unified Access portfolio, we are providing our customers with the tools to significantly improve the economics of fiber access deployment and enable the necessary changes for true business transformation. The combination of the GPON-8 card and the E7-2 is unique in the industry and, along with a constant stream of new Calix fiber access innovations, highlights the key advantages that Calix customers have when competing in an increasingly competitive marketplace."