ALLO Communications Wins a Calix ‘Giant of Sustainability’ Award for Leading the Broadband Industry With Their Visionary Green Strategy
December 19 2023 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
ALLO Communications continues to find new ways
to expand on their impressive 20-year record as a leader in
broadband, earning impressive accolades in 2023—including $650
million in funding, an “Innovations” award from Calix, and
recognition from the White House—for launching a winning green
strategy that leverages the energy-efficient Calix broadband
platform
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) recognizes its customer, ALLO
Communications (ALLO), as a 2023 Calix Innovations Awards “Giant of
Sustainability” for exemplifying green broadband leadership. In May
2023, ALLO revealed their winning green broadband strategy with a
Sustainability Financing Framework, ultimately securing $650
million in financing to support their expansion across Nebraska,
Colorado, and Arizona.
ALLO’s Sustainability Financing Framework, underpinned by the
Calix broadband platform, demonstrates a synergy between broadband
expansion and sustainable practices. It focuses on energy
efficiency, renewable energy, and broadening access for underserved
customers. This approach earned ALLO a “very good” S2SQ
Sustainability Quality Score from Moody’s. Led by Brad Moline,
president and chief executive officer, the ALLO team’s commitment
to expanding their environmentally conscious network across the
southwestern United States has garnered significant recognition,
including from the White House.
“Our collaboration with Calix is a cornerstone of our green
broadband strategy,” said Moline. “Leveraging the extensive
capabilities of the Calix platform, we’ve achieved a remarkable
reduction in power consumption and streamlined our network
operations to new heights. This aligns perfectly with our mission
of providing equal access to sustainable services.”
A Calix customer since 2010, ALLO leverages the comprehensive
Calix platform to offer premium gigabit services and life-enhancing
managed services. Efficiencies gained from the Calix platform
enable broadband service providers like ALLO to reduce the
management and maintenance efforts needed to operate their networks
while also requiring less space, power, and cooling resources. The
Calix platform has helped ALLO run a green broadband network by
enabling them to:
- Reduce power consumption 73 percent. ALLO consolidated
the systems in their access network to significantly reduce power
consumption, saving space in data centers and offices and cutting
down on cooling needs.
- Decrease energy requirement 50 percent. ALLO deploys
Calix GigaSpire® BLAST systems to offer subscribers comprehensive
Wi-Fi 6 and 6E coverage, eliminating the need for extra hardware
like mesh units, thereby halving energy use.
- Cut costly truck rolls 40 percent. ALLO leverages Calix
Cloud, including Calix Operations Cloud and Calix Service Cloud, so
their support and operations teams can troubleshoot remotely and
provide proactive maintenance. This reduces the need for on-site
equipment repairs or replacements—leading to a significant
reduction in costly truck rolls.
Moline played a key role in the development of Calix SmartTown™
community-wide Wi-Fi. SmartTown was created to bridge the digital
divide for students and residents. Calix customers like ALLO can
deploy SmartTown without incurring additional capital, power, or
carbon footprint, thus negating the need for separate wireless
community networks and reducing the reliance on new 5G towers.
“The achievement of obtaining sustainable financing, along with
being named a ‘Giant of Sustainability,’ highlights the
significance of our alliance with Calix,” said Moline. “Calix’s
commitment to innovation meets the specific needs we encounter in
the broadband sector. Working together, we have helped set a
precedent for the industry in adopting sustainable practices. It
fuels our continued expansion and enables us to profoundly impact
our communities in Nebraska, Colorado, and Arizona, demonstrating
how technological growth and environmental responsibility can go
hand in hand.”
“Brad and the ALLO team continue to demonstrate their leadership
in the broadband industry through innovation and a visionary
strategy,” said Michael Weening, president and chief executive
officer at Calix. “Our partnership with ALLO is collaborative and
continues to push us on where to innovate, with SmartTown being a
great example. Brad wanted to bridge the digital divide by
leveraging the Wi-Fi footprint to enable students to have access to
secure, fast broadband wherever they are. We listened and built
SmartTown. With their success around sustainability initiatives
this year, ALLO is proving there’s a winning roadmap for broadband
providers of any size to ensure equitable access to secure
broadband experiences within an environmentally conscious
framework. It is inspiring to see them continuously find new ways
to grow amazing value for their communities while dramatically
simplifying their business. We are excited to further innovate with
Brad and the ALLO team and look forward to supporting their ongoing
success.”
Learn how ALLO continues to deliver incredible customer
experiences while providing environmentally focused solutions in “3
Techniques To Help Deliver New Managed Services While Providing
Exceptional Experiences and Support.”
About Calix
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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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