As we reach the mid-point of 2007, I am pleased to report that Occam continues to maintain a steady upward trajectory fueled by your ongoing successes. 

We expanded our product line with new products like the BLC 6450 10GbE Aggregation Blade and the RTC 4033 cabinets.  We added new features and capabilities to our existing products so that we can provide you with a complete line of full-featured products that will help you to better serve your customers and keep your company competitive. 

Over the last 18 months, we acquired 114 new customers.  From the Carolinas to California, from Canada to the Caribbean, telcos are joining the Ethernet/IP revolution and are choosing Occam to help them navigate the transition.  To date we have shipped more than 1.35M ports, and that number continues to grow as more and more telcos make the move to Ethernet and IP to lower costs, improve efficiencies, and add new revenue generating services.  

We grew our employee base in every region during 2006 to ensure that we are well equipped to provide you with the best products, solutions and services we can. Over the last 18 months we have added more than 56 new employees in a variety of positions ranging from executives to interns from customer service to operations.  All to make sure that we have the right balance of people to serve your needs. 

We’ve outgrown our current Santa Barbara facility and will move to a new, expanded corporate headquarters in the coming months that is triple the size of our current facilities.  The new facility will include a cutting edge training facility designed to make your training visits as productive as possible.  And, our R&D department will have the latest product development labs and test equipment to help our engineers continue to develop the innovative products for which Occam is known.

What’s fueling this continued growth in our products, employees, and customers? We believe it is your recognition that our approach to delivering high-speed services like IPTV and video on demand is the best.  Thank you for endorsing Occam and our continued focus on developing products and solutions that are simple, flexible and scalable.

Bob Howard-Anderson
President and CEO, Occam Networks

Add Business Ethernet Services to your service offerings with the BLC 6450; deploy the RTC 4033 in low capacity, high take-rate triple play applications.

The BLC 6450, the newest blade for the award winning BLC 6000 System, provides 10 Gigabit Optical Ethernet aggregation rings, Gigabit Ethernet access rings and Business Ethernet Services in a single, modular chassis. When you deploy the BLC 6450 in the CO or remote terminal, you can deliver up to one thousand protected VLANs available for Transparent LAN Services including E-Line and E-LAN Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs) or managed services. You can transform private lines and virtual private lines from commodity services to fully managed Carrier Ethernet data services to provide your enterprise customers with exceptional value. The managed service capabilities of the BLC 6450 create additional revenue opportunities for telcos as enterprises continue to outsource their networks as a cost saving measure.  All with the scalability, flexibility and cost effectiveness you’ve come to expect from Occam.  Click here for more information.

Fully wired for 144 copper or up to 60 fiber lines, the new RTC 4033 cabinet provides line scalability to enable you to grow your outside plant as network requirements grow.  The modular design of the cabinet makes cost-effective upgrades easy and ensures that you can deploy the exact configuration to suit your needs, now and into the future. The cabinets’ compact footprint allows for turnkey installations and easy deployment to existing right-of-ways and easements.  And, the Occam RTC 4033 features a service friendly design that provides easy access for set up, installation and maintenance and that makes it easy to upgrade the cabinet from copper to fiber.  Learn how you can add the RTC 4033 to your outside plant.

The ICET Universe Expands.

Occam will be an activeparticipant in this year’s NXTcomm 07, the global forum and marketplace for  telecom, cable, IP, wireless and satellite delivery of content.  Along with our presence on the show floor, Russ Sharer will be presenting at the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) panel, 5 Attributes of Carrier Ethernet on June 19th at 10:45am. Be sure to join them to learn more about Carrier Ethernet.

At the Occam booth (Booth 3351) you’ll find a wealth of information on how our products can help you deliver the must-have services your subscribers are demanding.  Stop by the booth and ask one of our representatives for a tour of our complete product line, including a live demonstration of high-definition video.  Here is where you can find us on the show floor.

And, you won’t want to miss the chance to win a flat screen HDTV in addition to other great raffle prizes! 

Be our guest at the show with a complimentary pass valued at $150.  This pass provides full access to the exhibit floor as well as the education keynote session.  And, it couldn’t be simpler to request.  Just click here to complete the registration form.  Before submitting your registration be sure to enter your Occam pass code, OCNE, in the area indicated to be eligible for the complimentary pass. 

See you there!

 

Check Here for Up-to-Date Information on the Latest Occam Webinar.

On Thursday, May 31 at 10:00 am PST/ 1:00 pm EST Occam will provide an up close look at two of our newest products, the BLC 6450 10 GbE Aggregation blade and RTC 4033 cabinet.  Join Chris Cotter, Senior Product Manager, and Bill Bittancourt, Product Manager, as they provide you with a complete overview of these products, discussing the features and benefits of each new product, as well as deployment options and considerations.  Click here for more information and to register.

Stay up to date with the latest information! If you have missed any of our previous webinars, such as last month’s Planning Your Next Generation Network, you can now view it and any of our other informative webinars at your leisure by clicking here.

 

Join Occam representatives at industry events in your area.

Join Russ Sharer, Occam Vice President of Marketing, on the morning of June 18 at the VTIA Tri-State Conference (June 17-19) in Virginia Beach, Virginia as he presents Living in a New CALEA World.  Russ will take a close look at the issues telcos face as they implement the new CALEA requirements.  

If you are in Barbados for the CANTO 23rd Annual Tradeshow & Exhibition on June  24-27, you won’t want to miss the Active Ethernet and PON:  Determining the Best Architecture for Your Next Generation Network panel.  Moderated by Juan Vela, Occam Director of Strategic Technologies and Markets, the panel will include a number of telcos from the Caribbean who will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each architecture.  Juan and the panel will survey and actively involve the audience in the discussion.

On July 18 Occam President and CEO, Bob Howard-Anderson, will be at the OPASTCO Summer Convention (July 14-18) in Anchorage, Alaska as the moderator of the Strategies To Enable Community Growth through Advanced Broadband Services panel.  Join Bob and the panel members as they discuss the next generation of services that telcos should offer and how telcos should evaluate the importance of each to their communities.

 

Online registration for the 3rd Annual Occam Network Users Group Conference on September 5-7, 2007 in Hilton Head, South Carolina will open soon. Register early and sign up for your favorite activity – golfing, yachting, Savannah tours – we know you’ll enjoy yourself while learning the latest from Occam and our partners.  Watch your in-box for registration details.  

The conference is being held at the Westin Resort located in Port Royal Plantation.  Within the plantation, you will find two pools, three championship golf courses, and sixteen tennis courts.  Other activities such as kayaking, deep-sea fishing, and horseback riding are also available.  Named to Conde Nast Traveler’s 2002 Gold List, the resort provides the utmost in southern hospitality.

Stay up to date on what’s going on with ONUG, by visiting the ONUG web page at www.occamnetworks.com/onug.  Check this site often for up-to-date information on User Group Conference events, including the conference agenda.

New Telco Leaders Join the Leading Edge.

Utah’s largest independent telco, UBTA-UBET Communications, has selected the Occam BLC 6000 Solution to assist with deploying advanced services to new homes under construction in UBTA-UBET’s service area.  UBTA-UBET is deploying BLC 6312 Optical Line Termination blades, BLC 6252-02 ADSL2Plus and POTS with Gigabit Ethernet blades, BLC 6440-01 Gigabit Optical Ethernet Transport blades and BLC 6640-01 Subscriber Trunk Gateway blades. 

According to the telco’s Chief Operations Officer, Jeff Goodrich,  “After completing a thorough RFP process, the firm selected Occam Networks based on the company’s ability to meet our needs for POTS, DSL, T1 and FTTH today, with the goal of providing IPTV and complete Triple Play services in the future.” For more information.

The Local Internet Service Company (LISCO), a leading competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving in the Fairfield, Iowa area has begun purchasing Occam’s BLC 6000 Fiber products as part of the CLEC’s strategy to overbuild Fairfield with fiber to the home (FTTH). When the overbuild is complete, LISCO will be able to offer Triple Play services (the combination of voice, data and video) to approximately 4,000 residential subscribers.

Lance Yedersberger, president of LISCO, said, "After reviewing the offerings of multiple access equipment providers, we selected Occam Networks.  Occam demonstrated the best ability to deploy Gigabit Ethernet to the home.  We believe Active Ethernet is the optimal technology in terms of stability and flexibility to offer new, advanced broadband services to our subscribers.”  For more information . . .

OPAN going strong after five years, helping customers stay competitive.

In 2002 Occam founded the Occam Packet Access Networks (OPAN) alliance, the telecommunications industry’s first multi-company partnership program focused exclusively on delivering comprehensive, interoperable and easily supported next-generation solutions in the access network that minimize deployment, operational and maintenance costs for service providers.  The first two companies to join the alliance were Syndeo and Nuera.  Today, OPAN has more than 31 members in a variety of market segments.  Our OPAN partners provide IP phones, video phones, IPTV/IP Video monitoring and management solutions, set top boxes, streaming servers, VoIP gateways, DSL products, softswitch platforms, customer premise equipment (CPE), video services platforms, digital headends, voice applications and servers, IP-PBX VoIP solutions, content protection solutions, content provisioning and distribution products, security systems and more.  For the past five years our customers have been enjoying the benefits of the program, finding that the partners work more like a team than like separate equipment manufacturers.  And, the interoperability testing that OPAN partners conduct helps make our customers’ jobs much easier.

Visit the OPAN web page for a complete listing of OPAN partners. If your company is interested in joining the alliance, contact Clive Hallatt at challatt@occamnetworks or call 408.719.2016.

If you or someone in your organization needs initial or advanced training, sign up for an Occam training class.

IP/Video Technologies
June 18 (Mon)                                                                 
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

BLC 6000 Installation and Operation: Four days with hands-on lab
June 19-22 (Tue-Fri)                                                        
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

Advanced BLC: Two days
June 26-27 (Tue-Wed)                                                     
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

OccamView and BLC Troubleshooting
June 28 (Thu)                                                                 
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

IP/Video Technologies
July 16 (Mon)                                                                   
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

BLC 6000 Installation and Operation: Four days with hands-on lab
July 17-20 (Tue-Fri)                                                        
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

Advanced BLC: Two days
July 31-August 1 (Tue-Wed)                                             
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

OccamView and BLC Troubleshooting
August 2 (Thu)                                                                
Corporate Office, Santa Barbara

Please visit our Occam Training web page for class descriptions and on-line signup or call 805-692-3569 for more information.