Calix, Inc. has recognized AcenTek as a “Giant of Sustainability” and a 2022 Customer Innovations Award winner. Announced at Calix ConneXions 2022, the award honors AcenTek for their innovative approach to becoming a “green broadband” service provider. AcenTek leveraged energy-efficient Calix Intelligent Access EDGE™ and Calix Revenue EDGE™ platforms to deliver exceptional energy savings of 73 percent in network access edge energy consumption and 50 percent in the subscriber’s home network. AcenTek differentiates by deploying sustainable broadband technology to deliver amazing Calix managed services to subscribers in an energy-efficient and cost-effective way. By dramatically reducing energy consumption end to end while lowering OPEX, AcenTek is taking giant steps to ensure a sustainable future for their community.
“We believe that communities should not have to sacrifice sustainability in order to get fast broadband and vital managed services”
AcenTek’s pioneering green broadband strategy incorporates both the Intelligent Access EDGE and Revenue EDGE platforms to optimize energy savings. As a result, AcenTek is able to:
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- Reduce energy consumption by 73 percent in the network access edge. AcenTek used the Network Innovation Platform’s advanced routing module (ARm) and subscriber management module (SMm) to consolidate service-enabling network functions within the E9®-2 Intelligent EDGE System and deployed the Aggregation Service Manager (ASM) card. Eliminating the number of network devices and the associated optical connections contributed to lowering energy consumption at the access edge by 73 percent.
- Extend 50 percent energy savings to the subscriber’s home network using the Revenue EDGE GigaSpire® BLAST. AcenTek launched the Calix GigaSpire BLAST system to deliver managed Wi-Fi services—and energy benefits—to subscribers. A single GigaSpire BLAST provides complete, whole-home Wi-Fi coverage in more than 90 percent of AcenTek subscriber homes that have it. This eliminates the need for additional energy-consuming hardware such as mesh units or pods and reduces home network energy consumption by more than 50 percent.
- Reduce energy consumption an additional 85 percent by eliminating energy-hungry remote cabinets and outdated DSL systems. AcenTek also vastly reduced energy consumption by upgrading DSL subscribers to the fiber-based E7®-2 Intelligent Modular System. This upgrade enabled AcenTek to remove more than 100 high energy-consuming remote cabinets and DSL systems and replace them with central office-based E7-2 systems. The DSL system replacement reduced access network energy consumption an additional 85 percent.
SOURCE: Businesswire