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Managed service for multifamily housing

SmartMDU

Service providers will be able to easily deliver world-class managed Wi-Fi services with tenant self-service automation—once exclusive to luxury apartments—to all multi-dwelling units (MDUs), utilizing the industry’s only fully end-to-end solution, scalable to any size building, configuration, activation, and monetization option.

Overview

The MDU industry's only end-to-end Wi-Fi experience solution

The multi-dwelling unit (MDU) market is experiencing tremendous growth as well as a need to upgrade existing buildings with amenities that continue to position the building as a desirable place to live for residents while maximizing owner profitability.

Whether new or existing, agnostic to size, type, or class, multi-family properties require more amenities and improved technologies designed to attract and retain tenants, as well as provide automation and lower maintenance costs.

Product details

A win-win MDU business model

Service providers
Service providers
  • Become the exclusive service provider to property​, with long-term contracts.
  • Instant-on tenant services and upgrades eliminate truck rolls for routine operations.
  • Calix Cloud systems integration​ drives operational efficiencies.
  • Provide 5 distinct, isolated networks to properties to align to the building’s needs.
  • Supported by Calix’s world-class Success Team.
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Property managers
Property managers
  • Exclusive service provider to the MDU property, with long-term contracts
  • Personalized in-unit broadband for tenants with service left-in-place and built-in tenant unit bandwidth optimization and interference reduction
  • Remote support provided by service provider
  • Devoted property management tool, PropertyWorx, included, to simply and efficiently manage tenant access and gain insight into the network
  • Property-wide, comprehensive security across all networks
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Property developers
Property developers
  • Increase net operating income with an easily-deployed, flexible, end-to-end solution that is designed for buildings from duplexes to high rises and everything in-between. 
  • Ensure your building is future-ready with automatic remote system upgrades and capability to easily add required networks. 
  • Support the growing “connected lifestyle” including connected vehicles.
Tenants
Tenants
  • Delight tenants with a personalized in-unit and property-wide Wi-Fi lifestyle experience.
  • Automated instant-on tenant services and upgrades​ means less reliance on customer support calls.
  • Optimized wi-fi prioritizes in-unit traffic to ensure tenants always have the best experience.
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Benefits and features

Connecting MDU building technology to MDU business model success

Management systems integration

Drive operational efficiencies for the property manager and service provider with Calix Cloud systems integration​.

Community-wide managed Wi-Fi

Delight tenants with a personalized in-unit and property-wide Wi-Fi lifestyle experience.

Tenant broadband services automation

Eliminate truck rolls for routine operations with automated instant-on tenant services and upgrades​.

PropertyWorx

Simplify tenant management with an easy-to-use tool for property managers to move tenants in and out and perform simple tasks like systems assignment and monitoring​.

Related products and services

Additional capabilities to elevate the subscriber experience