Calix Launches Broadband Academy To Help Leaders Planning New Broadband Businesses Understand the Principles To Build a Winning Service Provider That Will Enable Communities To Bridge the Digital Divide
18 Maio 2022 - 9:25AM
Business Wire
Calix leverages decades of expertise helping
service providers deliver value for communities to create a
Broadband Academy that will educate new leaders seeking to build
future-proof networks, create high-performing teams, and market
breakthrough services such as home network security
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced the industry’s only
comprehensive education service developed exclusively for business
leaders who plan to introduce new high-speed fiber broadband
services to America’s rural communities. Calix Broadband Academy
prepares these leaders for success as future broadband service
providers (BSPs) by sharing best practices for launching and
operating a future-proof broadband network. Calix is uniquely
positioned to offer this program. With its powerful end-to-end
platforms that reflect more than a decade of continuous
innovation—Intelligent Access EDGE and Revenue EDGE—Calix enables
even the smallest BSPs to innovate for their future subscribers.
Calix applied the deep expertise accumulated over tens of thousands
of engagements with hundreds of rural service providers that have
transformed their communities. Broadband Academy will prepare
community leaders to confidently navigate the initial planning
phases of a broadband business that will create community value for
decades.
Calix is launching Broadband Academy in partnership with the
Utilities Technology Council (UTC). Broadband Academy will give
enrollees training, expert insights, and best practices. The
self-guided e-learning curriculum covers five core
competencies:
- Identify and secure funding to grow a thriving broadband
business. Securing funding is a critical step for any broadband
business. More than $100 billion in unprecedented federal, state,
and local funding is earmarked to build new broadband networks in
underserved and unserved communities. The funding learning path
will help BSPs navigate how to identify the right type of funding
to grow their business—and secure it.
- Design a scalable, future-proof network that maximizes
investment. Designing a world-class broadband network is a
complex undertaking. Broadband Academy will teach BSP leaders to
architect efficient, scalable end-to-end networks that deliver the
latest services and capabilities. These leaders will not only
supply critical managed Wi-Fi to their communities but also create
economic and social value that leaves a lasting multi-generational
impact.
- Plan for a smooth broadband buildout.Even for companies
with deep infrastructure experience, building a broadband network
can present new challenges. Lessons will help BSPs find the right
partners for the key construction phases of the network. They will
also examine industry best practices to keep future subscribers
engaged and excited for their upcoming service.
- Learn how to ensure highly efficient broadband
operations. Subscribers now have very high expectations for
their broadband experience. The operations learning path will share
insights and best practices to help BSPs operate broadband networks
with peak performance while ensuring subscribers enjoy the ultimate
broadband experience.
- Develop critical marketing skills to excite
subscribers and grow revenue.
Companies just entering the broadband space may not have the
marketing skills they need to compete. Learners can take advantage
of the extensive curriculum available in Calix Broadband Marketing
Academy. Courses cover marketing strategies and tactics for
digital, email, social media, mobile, and more—enabling even the
smallest teams to create exciting subscriber experiences.
Delivered by Calix Education Services, Broadband Academy is the
latest addition to Calix University and is initially available as a
member benefit to UTC member utilities. Starting in July, the
program is open to all electric cooperatives and will include
content for other non-traditional providers including
municipalities and tribal communities later this year.
Pre-registration is now open.
“As the nation’s leading utility telecommunications and IT
organization, we see the issues that face our member electric
cooperatives, investor-owned utilities and public power utilities
as they deploy broadband infrastructure to unserved and underserved
communities,” said Sheryl Osiene-Riggs, president and chief
executive officer of the Utilities Technology Council. “Calix has a
long history of helping utilities successfully deploy broadband
networks, too, through our Broadband Workshops. We are thrilled to
launch the Broadband Academy with Calix and deliver a curriculum to
our members that leverages user-centered design and content.”
Broadband Academy joins Broadband Solutions Academy and
Broadband Marketing Academy as a part of Calix University, the
digital campus that offers a personalized learning approach to
enable broadband industry professionals to quickly uplevel their
skills.
“While demand for broadband continues to surge across the United
States, nearly one-fourth of the population in rural areas—14.5
million people—are still effectively un-served,” said Martha
Galley, executive vice president of customer engagement and
services at Calix. “There is an enormous opportunity for
non-traditional service providers, such as electric cooperatives,
to deliver high quality broadband to the communities they’ve served
for generations. To help new providers get started, we have
launched Calix Broadband Academy, in partnership with UTC. Calix
Broadband Academy courses will give new operators the knowledge and
enablement they need to start and grow their broadband businesses
and improve their communities. We’re taking the experience Calix,
and our Education Services organization, has gained working with
more than 100 of the country’s electric coops who have already
become BSPs and making it available to new providers who want to
expand their services into broadband.”
Pre-register now for the opportunity to learn how to build
successful broadband businesses and bridge the digital divide in
your community.
About Calix
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) – Calix cloud and software platforms
enable service providers of all types and sizes to innovate and
transform. Our customers utilize the real-time data and insights
from Calix platforms to simplify their businesses and deliver
experiences that excite their subscribers. The resulting growth in
subscriber acquisition, loyalty, and revenue creates more value for
their businesses and communities. This is the Calix mission; to
enable broadband service providers of all sizes to simplify,
excite, and grow.
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