BTC Selects Calix to Replace Existing Access Infrastructure

Bahamas Telecommunications has selected the Calix access solutions portfolio to replace its existing access infrastructure.

The Calix solution will be provided through a resale and integration agreement with Sonus Networks. Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is focusing initially on pushing fiber deeper into the access network, making multi-megabit DSL services universally available, and enabling H.248 VOIP on all subscriber lines.

According to Calix, its platforms will also allow BTC to begin selective deployment of higher-speed GPON-based FTTP as well as new services such as IPTV. The project to rebuild BTC’s access network is part of a larger effort to replace the entire circuit-switched voice network with an advanced VoIP network from Sonus Networks.

John Colvin, vice president of field operations at Calix, said: “BTC’s decision to base its access network on solutions from Calix follows a string of similar moves by other large service providers throughout the Caribbean looking to enhance their global competitiveness and services infrastructure. In each case, the drivers are similar a need for a dramatic increase in network capacity, a move toward an IP-based infrastructure, an interest in increasing service diversity, and a need to minimize operating costs. The Calix portfolio of access solutions is ideally suited to address these challenges.”