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VNET Fiber Invests in Secure Agentic AI With Calix One To Extend an 87 NPS Advantage and Expand into MDU
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2026--Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced today that Velocity Network (VNET Fiber) is investing in Calix Agent Workforce™ Cloud on the AI-native Calix One™ platform to accelerate revenue growth while lowering operational expense (OPEX). Building on their legacy of winning residential and business markets through the strength of differentiated subscriber experiences, the provider is now also deploying SmartMDU™ to further advance their growth.
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Building on a 15-year partnership with Calix—yielding 660 percent residential subscriber growth with 10 percent ARPU lift year-over-year and 133 percent small business growth in 2026—Velocity Network is now capturing the MDU market while investing in secure agentic AI with the Calix One platform to compete and win against legacy competitors SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced today that Velocity Network (VNET Fiber) is investing in Calix Agent Workforce™ Cloud on the AI-native Calix One ™ platform to accelerate revenue growth while lowering operational expense (OPEX). Building on their legacy of winning residential and business markets through the strength of differentiated subscriber experiences, the provider is now also deploying SmartMDU ™ to further advance their growth. This strategy builds on 15 years of leveraging the Calix platform and SmartLife ™ to win strong subscriber loyalty, earning a Net Promoter Score℠ (NPS®) of 87. With SmartHome ™, VNET Fiber achieved 660 percent residential subscriber growth in just over two years and a nearly 10 percent average revenue per user (ARPU) jump year-over-year through personalized, value-based offers built on a secure residential managed service. By deploying SmartBiz ™, VNET Fiber has already achieved 133 percent of their annual SMB subscriber goal for the year, outperforming targets year over year since 2024 while giving small businesses a fully managed way to secure and operate their networks at scale . VNET Fiber is now advancing to the next phase of their success: expanding to serve MDUs while adopting secure agentic capabilities with the Calix One platform. With SmartMDU, VNET Fiber is extending a proven growth strategy into a high-opportunity market, enabling residents to benefit from the same experience-led approach that has driven their single-family residential and business subscriber growth. At the same time, Agent Workforce Cloud will help the VNET Fiber team proactively identify expansion opportunities and service issues while lowering OPEX. Supported by agentic workflows , VNET Fiber teams can stay focused on delivering exceptional experiences. Brad Wiertel, chief operating officer at VNET Fiber, said: "We are competing with legacy providers and winning because we move faster, stay local, and deliver more value through managed services. We have gone all-in with Calix because Calix One scales with us and gives us a clear path to lead with secure agentic AI. We are using it now to continue our aggressive growth goals, remove friction, and operate more proactively—all while delivering the local experiences that our subscribers love."