Calix Executives to Speak at GLOBALCOMM 2006; Executives to Speak on Several Panels Focused on IPTV, Triple-Play and Broadband Infrastructure.Calix calix /ca·lix/ (ka´liks) pl. ca´lices [L.] calyx. ca·lix or ca·lyx n. pl. ca·li·ces or ca·ly·ces 1. A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure. : WHO AND WHAT Calix today announced that Ray Savona, vice president of field marketing; Donovan Prostrollo, solutions marketing director; and Geoff Burke, director of video solutions marketing, will speak at three sessions at GLOBALCOMM 2006. Calix is the largest telecom equipment supplier focused solely on access solutions for broadband service delivery. Savona will join a panelist for the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) Communications Forum panel entitled "Infrastructure Decisions for Triple-Play Service Rollouts" on Monday, June 5, at 2:15 p.m. CST, at McCormick Place, Room S404B. Savona will discuss the network requirements for deploying information, communication, and entertainment services. Joining Savona on this panel will be speakers from Meriton Networks and Buckeye TeleSystem. On Tuesday, June 6, Prostrollo will participate in a panel discussion entitled "Getting True Broadband Everywhere" at 11:30 a.m. CST in Room S404D. This panel, which will include speakers from ECI Telecom, Actelis, and North Pittsburgh Telephone Company/Penn Telecom, will discuss the various drivers behind true broadband rollout by using real-world examples and case studies. Burke, who also speaks on Tuesday, will offer insights into successful IPTV deployments at an OSP Expo seminar entitled "IPTV and Triple Play: Real World Experience." The seminar will be held at 2:45 p.m. in Room S501D. Burke will share real world experiences from some of Calix's 75 current IPTV deployments on how service providers can benefit from IPTV services. WHEN AND WHERE GLOBALCOMM 2006 June 5-8, 2006 McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois SESSION INFORMATION Panel: Infrastructure Decisions for Triple-Play Service Rollouts Chair: Bill Gartner, Chief Operating Officer, Meriton Networks Panelists: Ray Savona, Vice President, Field Marketing, Calix; Nick Cadwgan, Director of Product Marketing, Meriton Networks; Joseph D. Jensen, President, Buckeye TeleSystem Time: 2:15 p.m. CST on Monday, June 5, 2006 Place: Room S404B Panel: Getting True Broadband Everywhere Chair: Sharon Stober, Vice President, Editorial Director, Outside Plant Magazine Panelists: Donovan Prostrollo, Solutions Marketing Director, Calix; Craig Easley, Associate Vice President, Marketing, Actelis Networks; Al Weigand, Vice President, Operations & Technology, North Pittsburgh Telephone Company/Penn Telecom (North Pittsburgh Systems Inc.); Erez Zelikovitz, Associate Vice President, North America Sales and Marketing, Broadband Access Division, ECI Telecom Time: 11:30 a.m. CST on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Place: Room S404D OSP Expo Seminar: IPTV and Triple Play: Real World Experience Speaker: Geoff Burke, Director of Video Solutions Marketing, Calix Time: 2:30 p.m. CST on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Place: Room S501D ABOUT CALIX Calix is the largest telecom equipment supplier focused solely on access solutions for broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. delivery. Service providers deploy Calix access systems to enable a rich set of information, communication, and entertainment services and to expand their revenue base beyond connectivity A generic term for connecting devices to each other in order to transfer data back and forth. It often refers to network connections, which embraces bridges, routers, switches and gateways as well as backbone networks. . Calix access innovation helps service providers transform their networks from circuit to packet, from narrowband In communications, transmission rates up to T1 speeds (1.544 Mbps). The upper limit is moving target. At one time, narrowband meant 150 bps (that is 150 bits per second!). Then, the upper limit became 2,400 bps. Later, it moved to 64 Kbps. Contrast with wideband and broadband. to broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). , and to drive fiber deeper into the network. Calix has deployed its solutions in hundreds of service provider networks throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and has shipped more than two million ports. For more information, visit the Calix website at www.calix.com. |
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