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Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)

WISPs see opportunity from rooftops to mountain tops

You go where others won't. With the time, effort, and investment you've made in serving your communities, how do you keep subscribers loyal for life? Calix has the platform and expertise to help you compete and win.

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Challenges

WISPs face many challenges delivering broadband to hard-to-reach, rural areas

Lower operational expenses (OPEX)

Keeping operational costs down while also offering exceptional, always-on support and reduced truck rolls presents a constant challenge.

Growing your subscriber base

Acquiring new subscribers requires broadband solutions that align precisely with their wants and needs.

Creating loyal customers for life

Adapting to changing subscriber needs and preferences—while maintaining strong loyalty—demands constant attention.

Solutions

How Calix helps WISPs simplify operations and grow their business

Provide subscribers with everything they need to enjoy the best possible experience while reducing support costs and generating additional revenue. Managed Wi-Fi gives communications service providers a turnkey way to differentiate their service, reduce truck rolls, and build lasting subscriber loyalty.

Improve operational efficiency and simplify customer care with a cloud platform that gives end-to-end visibility into the subscriber experience. When support teams can see every device, connection, and service issue in a single view, they resolve problems faster and keep subscribers satisfied.

Turn broadband operations into a subscriber experience differentiator with automated notifications and workflows. By eliminating manual processes, WISPs can respond to network events proactively—before subscribers ever notice a disruption.

Acquire new subscribers and increase marketing ROI as you grow your brand using insights that enable you to deliver the services they want. Data-driven intelligence from the Calix One platform helps WISPs identify growth opportunities, target the right audiences, and launch campaigns that convert.

The impossible is now possible

Pushing the extremes of outdoor Wi-Fi

With long-range outdoor Wi-Fi, communications service providers can extend an exceptional Wi-Fi subscriber experience to untapped markets such as large-acreage rural communities, farms, campsites, marinas, and golf courses.

Featured Perspectives and Insights

WISP market perspectives

Create an exceptional subscriber experience

There are six crucial criteria that can make or break a subscriber’s experience. Read the infographic to learn more about how speed, security, integration, price, and reliability come together to form a standout subscriber experience and position your business to stay ahead of the competition.

Case Studies

WISP customer successes

Hudson Valley Wireless partners with Calix to deploy an end-to-end solution Watch video
WISPER takes the in-home Wi-Fi experience to the next level with Service Cloud Watch video
TISD provides an exceptional subscriber experience across South Texas Watch video
Zirkel Wireless deliver exceptional services to their customers Watch video
360 Broadband unifies operations and elevates rural connectivity with Calix Read case study
GigaBeam Networks achieves 88 percent service restoration rate with Operations Cloud Read case study

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