Calix
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Calix is a supplier of telecommunications access equipment for service providers. The company was incorporated in 1999.
Calix is a North American provider of broadband communications access systems and software for fiber- and copper-based network architectures that enable communications service providers to connect to their residential and business subscribers. Calix has shipped over eight million ports of its Unified Access portfolio to more than 900 North American and international customers, whose networks serve over 40 million subscriber lines in total.
Calix maintains facilities in Petaluma, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Boston, MA, Santa Barbara, CA, Fremont, CA and Richardson, TX in the USA and a smaller facility in Nanjing, China.
In 2010, Calix announced acquisition of one-time rival Occam Networks, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California
. The acquisition was completed in February, 2011.
, Alcatel-Lucent
, Huawei
, ZTE
and Zhone Technologies
.
, Windstream, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., Frontier Communications, and over 900+ other communications service providers globally, majority being in North America.
Calix is a North American provider of broadband communications access systems and software for fiber- and copper-based network architectures that enable communications service providers to connect to their residential and business subscribers. Calix has shipped over eight million ports of its Unified Access portfolio to more than 900 North American and international customers, whose networks serve over 40 million subscriber lines in total.
Calix maintains facilities in Petaluma, CA, Minneapolis, MN, Boston, MA, Santa Barbara, CA, Fremont, CA and Richardson, TX in the USA and a smaller facility in Nanjing, China.
Acquisitions
In 2006 Calix purchased Optical Solutions, Inc., based in Minneapolis,MN.In 2010, Calix announced acquisition of one-time rival Occam Networks, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
. The acquisition was completed in February, 2011.
Competitors
Calix Competitors include AdtranAdtran
ADTRAN, Inc. is a provider of telecommunications networking equipment and internetworking products.Its headquarters are in Huntsville, Alabama.The company is ISO 9001 and TL9000 certified.ADTRAN was a NASDAQ-100 Index stock from 1996 to 1998....
, Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...
, Huawei
Huawei
Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
, ZTE
ZTE
ZTE Corporation formerly Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company headquartered in Shenzhen, China...
and Zhone Technologies
Zhone Technologies
Zhone Technologies, Inc. is a provider of telecommunications networking equipment founded in 1999.It is headquartered in Oakland, California. Zhone is ISO 9001:2008 certified in the manufacture and service of telecommunications equipment.-Corporate history :...
.
Miscellaneous
Calix customers include CenturyLinkCenturyLink
CenturyLink, Inc. is a United States telecommunications firm, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. The company, founded as Central Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1968, later changed its name to Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. in 1971, and then was called CenturyTel, Inc. from 1999 to 2010...
, Windstream, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., Frontier Communications, and over 900+ other communications service providers globally, majority being in North America.