Six Weeks After Deployment, Brandenburg Telecom Grows Bark Offering To Help Protect 3X More Kentucky Families From Social Media Harm
September 26 2023 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
By leveraging the Calix broadband platform,
Brandenburg Telecom quickly deploys and grows their Bark social
media monitoring offering so more families can access the critical
tool in the new school year, expanding on their 73-year history of
serving their Kentucky community
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced today that Brandenburg
Telecom (Brandenburg) is growing their Bark social media monitoring
offering to help protect more families in their Kentucky community.
After launching Bark weeks earlier, the broadband service provider
(BSP) expects to deliver the AI-enabled social media monitoring
tool to three times more families in the next few months. Because
Bark is offered as a managed service on the Calix broadband
platform, it is incredibly easy for BSPs like Brandenburg to deploy
to their subscribers in just weeks.
Bark monitors children’s texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and
social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, adult
content, sexual predators, suicidal ideation, and more. Parents and
guardians receive alerts when their children interact with
concerning content. This negates the need to comb through online
interactions, keeping their children’s privacy intact.
Brandenburg ensures all families who need Bark can access it.
The Brandenburg team attended local back-to-school events to answer
questions and educate parents about available tools. They work
closely with schools’ IT personnel to help facilitate secure
internet experiences for children. The BSP also met with their
local chambers of commerce and leveraged local media to further
inform the community about Bark’s benefits.
“We decided to deploy Bark because we recognize not only the
conveniences of being on the internet but also the dangers,” said
Allison Willoughby, general manager at Brandenburg. “We’ve been
serving our residents, friends, and neighbors with critical
services for over 73 years, and we take that responsibility and
earned trust very seriously. While the internet has transformed the
world, it’s also a place that can present unique worries to
parents. Bark on the Calix platform allows us to help our community
by offering a tool to protect our children from harmful encounters.
Adding Bark to our offering wasn’t a question of ‘if’ but ‘when.’
And because of its integration with the Calix platform that we have
leveraged for years, Bark has been one of the most uncomplicated
service offerings we have deployed.”
To help Brandenburg deploy Bark quickly, leadership leveraged
Calix Smart Start for Managed Services. The program, created by the
award-winning Calix Customer Success Services team, helps BSPs
rapidly plan, launch, support, and grow managed services like Bark
to benefit their subscribers.
“Brandenburg is living their values by providing world-class
subscriber experiences that keep local children safe in their
Kentucky community,” said Michael Weening, president and chief
executive officer at Calix. “Bark is a lifesaving social media tool
that empowers parents and guardians. As Bark is integrated with the
Calix broadband platform, the Brandenburg team was able to deploy
it in a few weeks to ensure families can access social media
monitoring in the new school year. Due to our platform simplicity,
Brandenburg quickly allocated resources to align with the start of
the school year, working closely with schools, community centers,
and local government to deliver support to families who want to
learn how Bark can improve their lives. We are proud to continue
supporting Brandenburg as they find new ways to deliver more value
to their community.”
To learn more about Bark on the Calix platform, watch the
webinar replay, “Will Your Broadband Business Protect Your Most
Vulnerable Subscribers?” and schedule a Bark consultation.
About Calix
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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
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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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