Ellijay Telephone Company Saves $900,000 in Operational Efficiency With a Simplified Network Strategy, Earning Calix ‘Giant of Engineering’ Award
December 14 2023 - 12:30PM
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Ellijay Telephone Company is honored for
securing massive efficiency gains—saving up to $900,000 with
automating IP address management—by simplifying their network,
enabling them to connect even more subscribers across Georgia and
Tennessee
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) recognizes its customer, Ellijay
Telephone Company (ETC), with a 2023 Calix Innovations Award as the
“Giant of Engineering.” The award honors ETC for streamlining and
dramatically enhancing operational efficiencies by pursuing a
strategy to consolidate network functions, thereby modernizing
their operations. With dramatic simplifications enabled by the
Calix Intelligent Access EDGE™ E9-2 system, ETC is entering new
markets quickly and cost-effectively, delivering multi-gigabit
broadband-enabled managed services to subscribers, cutting truck
rolls by 15 percent, and reducing costs up to $900,000 with
automated IP address management.
ETC has a 120-year history of delivering communications
technology in rural Georgia, and they have been a Calix customer
for over a decade. To better serve their rural and unserved
communities, ETC is focusing on market expansion and
future-proofing their business. The challenges of increasing
competition and growing maintenance costs from their hybrid
fiber-coaxial (HFC) network required a consolidation strategy to
facilitate their growth and accelerate time to market while
enhancing operational efficiency. After developing their strategy,
ETC simplified their network infrastructure by transitioning from a
traditional network to one that consolidates and moves
service-enabling network functions closer to the subscriber.
Since the start of this journey, over 15 percent of ETC’s
subscribers have moved to XGS-PON-enabled managed services, and the
company is steadily converting more subscribers to fiber each
month. Moreover, implementing a simplified network strategy allows
ETC to venture into new markets. By simplifying their network and
reaping the benefits of a modernized network, ETC has:
- Migrated HFC cable plant to a simplified Intelligent Access
EDGE XGS-PON network. As ETC expands its service offerings, the
Calix Intelligent Access EDGE E7-2 and E9-2 systems—powered by the
network innovation operating system AXOS®—provide a simplified
approach. Migrating from a flat Layer 2 network to a resilient,
highly scalable, consolidated network architecture enables
broadband service providers (BSPs) to optimize network performance
as the network grows while eliminating costly outside plant
maintenance activities from active components. Consequently, BSPs
can reduce unnecessary truck rolls by more than 15 percent,
mitigate network outages, and remove capacity limitations.
- Reduced costs by $900,000 with automated IP address
management. By implementing the Calix Automated Access Network
Gateway (AANG) functionality to automate IP address management, ETC
is reducing project costs while making resources available to focus
on growth activities, reduce manual errors, and free stranded IPv4
addresses to make more efficient use of existing IP address space
and eliminating the need to purchase additional subnets.
Additionally, ETC has been able to defer the deployment of a
carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) solution, eliminate the need and expense
of purchasing additional IP address space, and invest back into
creating exceptional broadband experiences for their
subscribers.
- Accelerated the time to market. The deployment of a
simplified network using the E9-2 consolidated Layer 3 design has
made it easy for ETC to expand into new markets. It is as simple as
adding another E9-2 in the desired location. This provides access
to the same global IP address repository and Layer 3 domain, making
it easier to connect new subscribers.
“As ETC continues to expand into new territories, we
differentiate ourselves by delivering customer-centric subscriber
experiences,” said Frankie Rigdon, vice president of operations at
Ellijay Telephone Company. “To grow quickly and cost-effectively,
the Calix solution provides a simplified, cookie-cutter approach to
network deployment, making it easier for our team to create
incredible subscriber experiences leveraging the ETC brand. For
more than a century, ETC has been committed to serving the best
interests of our subscribers, and we will continue to provide
unmatched value that surpasses our competitors long into the
future.”
“Ellijay is among a growing number of BSPs putting together a
network consolidation strategy and working toward network
modernization,” said Shane Eleniak, chief product officer at Calix.
“For ETC, the Intelligent Access EDGE helped consolidate service
routing, subscriber management, and service delivery to provide the
resilient architecture and visibility they needed to streamline and
automate their network and service operations across 36
communities. To modernize their network, meet the increasing demand
of subscriber expectations, and better enable the delivery of
managed services, the Calix broadband platform was the right fit.
It’s clear from the results and recognition as the Calix ‘Giant of
Engineering’ that ETC’s dedication to improving the lives of their
subscribers and community is at the heart of what they do.”
The award-winning Calix Intelligent Access EDGE solution is the
first place for BSPs to start simplifying their network and
building a path toward modernization.
About Calix
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX)—Broadband service providers of all
sizes leverage the Calix platform and teams to simplify their
business and excite their subscribers to grow the value of their
business and for their communities for generations. The
democratizing power of the platform and portfolio of managed
services enables them to operate efficiently, acquire subscribers,
and deliver exceptional experiences. Calix is dedicated to driving
continuous improvement in partnership with our growing ecosystem to
support the transformation of our customers and their
communities.
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