Tombigbee Fiber Revolutionizes the Friday Night Football Experience, Enabling 9 School Football Fields With Cutting-Edge Calix SmartTown Technology
September 19 2023 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
Tombigbee Fiber continues to leverage the Calix
broadband platform and managed services to diversify their business
model and further differentiate, deploying SmartTown to high school
football fields and other community spaces, exemplifying the
incredible value they deliver to their Mississippi communities
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Tombigbee Fiber,
LLC (Tombigbee) continues to transform life in northern Mississippi
by deploying SmartTown™ community-wide Wi-Fi on the Calix broadband
platform. With Friday night football games being the cultural
heartbeat of small towns, Tombigbee kicked off the deployment of
SmartTown to connect nine high school football fields ahead of
football season. The far-reaching capabilities of a single platform
from Calix—which includes cloud analytics and Wi-Fi systems—enable
Tombigbee to deliver exceptional broadband experiences at home, on
the field, in the park, across downtown, and to other community
spaces.
By using one platform to service multiple broadband markets,
Tombigbee is dramatically simplifying its business, cutting
operational expenses, and reinvesting those savings to fuel more
growth and deliver greater value to their communities. The
innovative broadband service provider (BSP) has partnered with
Calix since its founding in 2019 to become cash flow positive in
only two years.
SmartTown is the latest example of how Tombigbee leverages
managed services to build a differentiated and diversified business
that delivers world-class broadband experiences in small-town
Mississippi. In 2022, they launched network-level cybersecurity and
advanced network controls for the home. Earlier this year, they
rolled out Bark social media monitoring to protect children from
online dangers like cyberbullying and child predation. The result
is stronger communities and member loyalty. As their business
grows, they have achieved an outstanding Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS®)
of 91 out of 100.
Tombigbee first introduced their subscribers and members to
SmartTown with a community event in Mantachie in June. Today, they
are leveraging SmartTown to connect high school football fields in
Fulton, Mantachie, Mooreville, Saltillo, Shannon, and Tupelo—with
Nettleton, North Pontotoc, and Pontotoc to follow soon.
In the next phase of their SmartTown deployment, Tombigbee will
connect parks, downtown areas, and other community spaces across 13
towns in total. Because SmartTown leverages the portfolio of
GigaSpire® BLAST residential and business systems Tombigbee
previously installed, the BSP will then turn on community-wide
Wi-Fi across those towns so members and subscribers can roam freely
beyond their front doors while staying connected.
“Everyone should have secure and reliable access to the internet
regardless of where they live,” said Scott Hendrix, chief executive
officer at Tombigbee Fiber and Tombigbee Electric Power Association
(TEPA). “Our partnership with Calix continues to enable us to
deliver greater value to our subscribers and members in new and
exciting ways. We started by creating exceptional broadband
experiences at home, and now we are on our way to extending those
experiences to reach every corner and side street in our region of
Mississippi. Continued innovation on the Calix platform has
empowered us to redefine our legacy of ensuring the future of the
communities we serve with the latest technology. We’re excited to
continue this mission with Calix by our side.”
Tombigbee leveraged Calix Professional Services to advance their
technical readiness while preparing to deploy SmartTown. This
enablement includes onsite immersive training sessions, field
survey-based Wi-Fi design, and SmartTown managed service validation
to ensure brand integrity. To help align every business function to
the deployment and management of SmartTown, Tombigbee works with
Calix Customer Success Services.
“Tombigbee’s ability to leverage SmartTown on the Calix platform
to cover nine football fields with almost no incremental investment
or operational cost is exactly what we envisioned for BSPs—to be
the innovation leaders in their community,” said Michael Weening,
president and chief executive officer at Calix. “Calix platform
innovation enabled Tombigbee to become cash-flow positive in only
two years and immensely profitable for their members in three.
Under Scott’s leadership, Tombigbee has created truly exceptional
experiences that go way beyond broadband for their members,
subscribers, and the communities they serve. The result is an
incredible NPS of 91—record-setting in our industry.
“Tombigbee first built a truly exceptional managed broadband
experience for families, students, businesses, and the community by
leveraging the end-to-end Calix platform—including Intelligent
Access EDGE™, Revenue EDGE™, and Calix Cloud®. Now they are rapidly
expanding those experiences through new business offerings such as
Bark to help protect children—launched in only 14 days—and this
recent expansion with SmartTown to cover community spaces, starting
with the football fields. We are thrilled to see our platform
enabling the Tombigbee vision of transforming the communities they
serve at a rapidly accelerating pace.”
Learn more about Tombigbee’s SmartTown expansion to high school
football fields across northern Mississippi by watching recent
local news coverage by WTVA 9 News in Tupelo.
Attend Calix ConneXions 2023 to hear more from Scott Hendrix on
how he is leveraging SmartTown on the Calix broadband platform to
transform northern Mississippi.
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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