Calix Adds Active Ethernet Support To Gpon Ont

摘要

To say that Calix has made a name for itself in the GPON market is an understatement. The Dell'Oro Group recently ranked Calix number one worldwide in GPON equipment revenue-even though it only sells into the North American market. So why is Calix suddenly talking about Active Ethernet technology? The company is discussing this technology because it believes GPON and Active Ethernet are not competing technologies, as they are often portrayed, but, in fact, complementary ones. At the recent Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Conference in Nashville, TN, Calix unveiled its 700GX Series of optical network terminals (ONTs), which, through additional software and processing functionality, support GPON and Active Ethernet standards.