NetComm’s new reverse powered Gfast DPU portfolio delivers a faster, more efficient FTTH roll-out

8 October 2018 (Sydney): NetComm today announced an expansion to its Distribution Point Unit (DPU) portfolio, with new features that provide network operators the opportunity to connect millions more premises more cost effectively to ultra-fast broadband. NetComm’s new range of DPUs will feature 4-port, 8-port and 16-port models that will enable network operators to service more premises from a single DPU – this will be particularly useful in delivering services to previously problematic Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). The on-ground reality is that broadband network operators have deployed a substantial amount of…

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Calix AXOS Accelerates Past 100 Gfast Service Provider Deployments

AXOS-enabled innovations allow industry-leading Calix Gfast portfolio to pull away from pack, bringing the industry’s only symmetrical gigabit solutions over copper and coax to MDUs PETALUMA, CA – November 15, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced it has accelerated past the 100 service provider deployment milestone for its industry-leading AXOS Gfast solutions faster than any other vendor. Armed with Calix AXOS Gfast solutions, which simplify the delivery of new services, service providers globally are cost-effectively upgrading their offerings to a true symmetrical gigabit experience in challenging multi-dwelling unit…

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Calix Extends Gfast Leadership; Leverages AXOS to Introduce Industry’s First 48-Port, Amendment 3 Solutions

Next generation solutions being trialed in a Tier 1 network today dramatically transform Gfast deployment economics in MDUs by tripling subscriber density and doubling broadband speeds 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…

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O’Byrne: NG-PON2 can be the key for long-term success

Operators hail next-generation technologies ahead of the Forum’s Access Summit Berlin, Germany, and Las Vegas, U.S. – October 16, 2017: Next-generation fiber technologies such as NG-PON2 represent a paradigm shift in the access space and a more certain path towards long-term success, according to Vincent O’Byrne, Director of Technology at Verizon. This viewpoint is among others that will be explored by the Broadband Forum’s Access Summit, which features operators and manufacturers, as well as industry insight from Light Reading, IHS and the Fiber Broadband Association. Taking place at Broadband World…

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Three-fold jump in Gfast certifications aligns with service provider momentum

Now at 24 from the initial 7, with ADTRAN, EXFO and Viavi joining the systems vendor list Fremont, California, 6 September 2017. The Broadband Forum announced today that the number of certified-interoperable Gfast solutions has jumped from 7 to 24 in less than three months, as mass deployment of the ultrafast access technology builds. ADTRAN, EXFO and Viavi have been added to the list of companies whose products have successfully completed the Gfast certification program from the Broadband Forum and University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). “From recent leading…

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Calix AXOS Solutions Lead Way in First Gfast Certifications by Broadband Forum

Calix is first systems vendor to achieve end-to-end solution certification from DPU to Gfast modem PETALUMA, CA – June 21, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven Intelligent Access, today announced that the AXOS E5-16F Gfast Node and the 801F GigaPoint are the first end-to-end solutions to be successfully certified as part of the inaugural Gfast certification program from the Broadband Forum (BBF) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). In addition, for multi-vendor Gfast interoperability, the AXOS E5-16F was certified in a…

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