{"id":982378,"date":"2026-07-16T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/cbs-selects-ai-native-calix-one-to-transform-how-8-rural-cooperatives-win-across-residential-business-and-multifamily-properties\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:33:02","slug":"cbs-selects-ai-native-calix-one-to-transform-how-8-rural-cooperatives-win-across-residential-business-and-multifamily-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/cbs-selects-ai-native-calix-one-to-transform-how-8-rural-cooperatives-win-across-residential-business-and-multifamily-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Selects AI-Native Calix One To Transform How 8 Rural Cooperatives Win Across Residential, Business, and Multifamily Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CBS Selects AI-Native Calix One To Transform How 8 Rural Cooperatives Win Across Residential, Business, and Multifamily Properties<\/b><\/p>\n

As their member cooperatives compete and win\u2014including DirectLink exceeding SmartBiz adoption expectations by 64 percent and SMTA enhancing Wi-Fi experiences\u2014Consolidated Business Services invests in Calix Agent Workforce Cloud to help members scale expertise and deliver greater value<\/i><\/p>\n

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–Calix, Inc.<\/a> (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Consolidated Business Services, LLC<\/a> (CBS)\u2014a shared services organization supporting eight rural broadband cooperatives across Oregon\u2014has selected the AI-native Calix One<\/a>\u2122 platform and Calix Agent Workforce\u2122 Cloud<\/a> to extend and accelerate their differentiated experiences strategy for residential, business, and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) properties. Leveraging secure agentic capabilities<\/a>, CBS will make their member cooperatives even more competitive, to dramatically lower costs and scale the impact of marketing, support, and operations teams while growing their individual brands and increasing value for their local communities.<\/p>\n

\nSpanning their eight member cooperatives\u2014DirectLink<\/a>, Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company<\/a>, Gervais Telephone Company<\/a>, Scio Mutual Telephone Association<\/a> (SMTA), Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company<\/a>, Clear Creek Communications<\/a>, Pioneer Connect<\/a>, and St. Paul Cooperative Telephone Association<\/a>\u2014CBS has a 10-year record of driving strong business outcomes with the Calix platform. DirectLink exceeded SmartBiz<\/a>\u2122 business subscriber adoption expectations by 64 percent<\/a>, while SMTA enhanced service quality and performance by launching Calix GigaSpire<\/a>\u00ae appliances to streamline delivery of Wi-Fi 6E experiences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul Hauer, president and chief executive officer at CBS and DirectLink, said:<\/b> \u201cCBS exists to help our members access opportunities they might not have on their own. Throughout our partnership with Calix, particularly over the past five years, we\u2019ve worked to help rural cooperatives build and share expertise, rapidly adopt, deploy, and manage experiences for subscribers, and lower operational costs. As AI delivers an unprecedented opportunity for transformation across our industry, the Calix One platform, agentic workflows, and collaborative agents will only accelerate how our members deliver secure, connected experiences that outperform larger competitors across residential, business, and emerging MDU markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nCBS members can also take advantage of SmartMDU<\/a>\u2122 to help their members simplify the delivery and management of broadband services across MDU properties. As multifamily opportunities become more common across their communities, SmartMDU will enable cooperatives to quickly extend exceptional connected experiences into new connected environments.<\/p>\n

\nBy leveraging Calix One across marketing, support, and operations teams, CBS and their member cooperatives plan to:<\/p>\n