Calix To Demonstrate End-to-End Switched Video Services Delivery At USTA Telecom 2003 and 12-City Nationwide Tour Together with Myrio Corporation, TANDBERG Television, and Westell Technologies, Inc., Calix kicks off its 2003 nationwide Simplified Services Tour on enabling the video revolution
OCTOBER 6, 2003, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA—Calix, a supplier of advanced telecommunications platforms that simplify voice, data, and video service delivery for wireline carriers, today announced that it will be showcasing a live, standards-based demonstration of end-to-end switched video services delivery—in partnership with Myrio Corporation, TANDBERG Television, and Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL)—at the USTA Telecom 2003 conference in Las Vegas on Oct 12-15 (booth #429). Additionally, Calix, Myrio, TANDBERG Television, and Westell will be presenting the live demo at 12 cities around the US as part of the 2003 Simplified Services Tour on “Enabling The Video Revolution.” The tour’s one-day seminars are designed to show how video services are evolving and what network solutions are available to help service providers stay ahead of the curve. The solution elements being shown by Calix and its partners at USTA and the Simplified Services Tour represent an open approach to video that has heretofore been unavailable in the telecommunications access space. “Recent advances in video compression, service delivery platforms such as the Calix C7, set-top boxes, and video software applications have enabled a revolutionary set of profitable switched video services,” said Calix president and CEO Carl Russo. “The resulting combination of broadcast, on-demand, and interactive video services--bundled with existing broadband and telephony--creates an opportunity for service providers to grow revenue and prevail over cable operators. Calix switched video services customers are currently delivering complete communications, information, and entertainment bundles to their residential subscribers, and are already seeing revenue and share growth.” During the USTA conference and Simplified Services Tour, attendees will experience the quality of TANDBERG Television encoded video delivered over a Calix C7 provisioned OC-48 service delivery network to Westell ADSL modems serving multiple IP set-top boxes and TVs. The network uses integrated IGMP channel change processing and distributed layer 2 video switching for scalable, high-performance delivery of three video streams and high-speed Internet access over ADSL. Additionally, attendees will see the powerful system-wide integration of Myrio's middleware working in conjunction with the Calix C7. This combination provides the user interface and system management tools that offer a compelling service experience that is differentiated from that of cable TV. |
