Here’s a start-up that’s staying around

Start-up Calix debuted last week with 500 of its broadband access systems installed in 50 local exchange carriers, $260 million in cash and a high-profile management team. One-hundred million dollars of its financing was landed in the past eight months. Customers that have deployed Calix’s platform represent an aggregate of more than 6 million access lines serving thousands of customers, the company says. Quite a list of accomplishments for a 4-year-old company, especially in these trying times of limited capital and spending, and dying young start-ups. Story: http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0205calix.html

Start-up Calix debuted last week with 500 of its broadband access systems installed in 50 local exchange carriers, $260 million in cash and a high-profile management team. One-hundred million dollars of its financing was landed in the past eight months. Customers that have deployed Calix’s platform represent an aggregate of more than 6 million access lines serving thousands of customers, the company says. Quite a list of accomplishments for a 4-year-old company, especially in these trying times of limited capital and spending, and dying young start-ups.

Story:

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0205calix.html

Another start-up emerged last week with what it believes is a cure for costly, performance-challenged edge router line cards to support subscriber aggregation. Seranoa wants to front-end your router with a dedicated aggregation processing device that supports 12 channelized T-3s. They claim the product produces a savings of up to 75% in subscriber port costs.

Story:

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0203seranoa.html

A T-1 is too little, but a T-3 is too much. A metro Ethernet service would fill that requirement nicely – but there’s no fiber and likely never to be any. What to do? Actelis has a product designed to deliver metro Ethernet services over multiple copper lines up to 18,000 feet in areas where fiber isn’t available or economically feasible. This should be a no-brainer as only approximately 11% of businesses in the U.S. have access to fiber.

Story:

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0205actelis.html