Calix, Myrio, TANDBERG Join Forces on Video

The demos include the C7 from Calix. The multifunction box, which the company introduced earlier this year, integrates the functionality of next-generation digital loop carriers; DSLAMs; next-generation SONET multiplexers; IP routers; Ethernet switches; ATM switches; optical access platforms; and digital crossconnects. It can handle circuits, cells and packets, and can deliver the traffic over narrowband copper, DSL and fiber access infrastructure. Integrated transport is available at OC3, OC12 and OC48.

Myrio will bring its middleware software to the joint solution, which will also include TANDBERG Television’s compression technology.

“There’s a lot of value of bringing it together as a total solution,” says Frank Wiener, Calix vice president of field marketing, referring to the system the three vendors have put together. “More than just certification, it’s really certification at the solution level rather than on the box level.” That means the vendors have worked together not just to ensure the products interconnect, but to find stress and potential breakage points in the total solution and to optimize the systems’ scalability, he says, noting that the relationship among the vendors is not exclusive.

“The benefit of demonstrating this complete solution is it’s a cost and time solution for service providers,” adds Derek Vogel, Myrio marketing manager.

In other news, TANDBERG is doing a U.S. market launch of a total headend solution for digital TV. “This is Tandberg’s first entry into the U.S. IOC market,” says Carl Furgusson, director of business development for the Americas.

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