Calix announced a strategic partnership with CityFibre to deploy the world's only Software Defined Access, or SDA, operating system, or OS, across its fiber networks. The implementation of the Calix AXOS platform will allow CityFibre to emerge as the UK's only advanced-intelligence, wholesale infrastructure company. This partnership future proofs their capability to deliver 10 gigabit services to every home and business, with the potential for speeds of up to 100 gigabits in the future. Once deployed, the Calix AXOS platform will enable CityFibre to deliver a truly open-access, Software Defined Networking, or SDN, ecosystem, supporting any customer implementation from legacy OSS/BSS systems to end-to-end SDN implementations. CityFibre's AXOS enabled network will provide carrier, mobile operator, and ISP customers with unprecedented levels of programmability, network intelligence, and automation as well as superior, differentiated product and service experiences to end users. This industry leading capability, delivered across a modern full fiber network designed and built to serve all verticals, is expected to help fuel innovation in NG-PON2, 5G, and Artificial Intelligence, as well as autonomous and IoT technologies. In turn, this will speed the deployment of smart homes, smart businesses, and smart cities.
