Calix Announces SmartBiz, the 9th Managed Service—Moving Service Providers From Connectivity to Transformational Productivity With Small Business Subscribers

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Oct 17, 2022

Today at ConneXions 2022, Calix+Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced the ninth in its rapidly expanding portfolio of managed services, SmartBiz™. This offering leverages the existing Calix platforms and systems—including Calix+Intelligent+Access+EDGE™, Calix+Revenue+EDGE™, Revenue+EDGE+Systems, and Calix Cloud®—that broadband service providers (BSPs) already use for residential service delivery. There are a combined 34 million small businesses across the United+States and Canada. Seamless and scalable, SmartBiz enables BSPs to go to market with a solution that serves the business productivity needs of these businesses while saving on operational expenses (OPEX). It will also enable BSPs to drive new revenue, differentiate from competitors, and add tremendous value to this market. Small businesses with between five and 30 employees are the commercial lifeblood of small and rural communities—agriculture, retail, restaurants, and services ranging from auto repair to medical testing. These businesses are hamstrung by existing broadband service plans that do not serve their specific needs. Enterprise products built for medium and large businesses are complex and not built as a managed service for the BSP. Residential services repackaged for small businesses do not include the necessary productivity services small businesses need to succeed.