Calix will see a an increased presence in Canada thanks to its selection by Téléphone Guèvremont, a Quebec-based ILEC, and by Maskatel and Téléphone Drummond, CLEC affiliates of Téléphone Guèvremont. The project will utilize Calix C7 multiservice access platforms to extend new fiber transport facilities to Drummondville, Quebec, overbuilding the current operator. From there, the Calix C7 will deliver voice, high-speed internet access, and eventually IPTV services over short 1.5 Km loops using ADSL2+ and VDSL2 technology. Greenfield locations will be built out using 2.4 Gbps gigabit passive optical network fiber to the premises facilities.

The three Quebec-based service providers will make use of a range of Calix access solutions, including the Calix C7 MSAP, the Calix Management System (CMS), and, for FTTP builds, the Calix 700-Series optical network terminals. Plans call for the delivery of MPEG4-based IPTV services beginning in 2008.

Claude Beauregard, president of Téléphone Drummond, added, "It is vitally important that our new access infrastructure redefine broadband, operating at speeds tens of megabits per second higher than conventional, first-generation broadband. With ADSL2+, VDSL2, GPON, and Gigabit Ethernet, Calix gives us the bandwidth headroom we need to support demanding IP-based services such as IPTV and very high speed internet access."

Based in Quebec Canada, Maskatel has been serving the St-Hyacinthe area east of Montreal since 1996. Since then, it has steadily expanded to serve other localities in Quebec and currently serves about 25,000 customers. Téléphone Drummond is registered as a CLEC and will start its operations in 2007 to serve the Drummondville area. Téléphone Guèvremont is registered as a Small ILEC and offers service covering the Ste-Rosalie area (now part of St-Hyacinthe) in Quebec.