Calix first to unleash power of fiber connected carrier class Wi-Fi in home

PETALUMA, USA: Calix Inc. announced the launch of the 844G and 854G GigaCenters, the first in a family of premises service delivery platforms that will transform how gigabit broadband services in the fiber connected home are managed and delivered.

The heart of the gigabit subscriber experience, the 844G and 854G GigaCenters are the first fiber products in the world to unleash the power of carrier class Wi-Fi in the home, delivering unprecedented in-home wireless broadband coverage, quality of service, and speed.

Wielding the latest 802.11ac "wave 2" 5 GHz band Wi-Fi technology with 4x4 Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) and beamforming, each GigaCenter allows service providers to deliver carrier class speeds and ubiquitous coverage to wirelessly connected devices in use throughout the subscriber home, and deliver symmetric broadband data rates of up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) to wired devices.

An extension of the access network, the GigaCenter also establishes a new strategic location for service providers in the home, allowing them to rapidly introduce advanced broadband services and network functions virtualization (NFV), and dramatically change the deployment economics of services like IPTV while maintaining extensive control and visibility via Calix Compass software.