Calix, Inc. is a telecommunications company that specializes in providing software platforms, systems, and services to support the delivery of broadband services. The company was founded in 1999 by Mike Hatfield, Tom Corker, and Rick Johnston in Petaluma California, and is now headquartered in San Jose, California. Calix was formerly known as Calix Networks Inc. The company provides cloud, software platforms, systems and services to internet service providers. Calix maintains facilities in Petaluma, CA, Minneapolis, MN, San Jose, CA, Richardson, TX in the US and facilities in Nanjing, China and Bangaluru, India. In 2024, Orangeburg County Council in South Carolina approved a contract with Calix Inc. to expand broadband service lines in the Neeses and Cope areas as part of a federally supported rural broadband project. Wikipedia