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On the Road Again January Expositions LTA/AMTA Winter Convention February Exhibitions GTA Annual Vendor Showcase WSTCA Plan Conference CITA 2008 Showcase and Seminars March Exhibitions ITA Showcase RIITA Conference & Exhibition TSTCI Plantmen's Conference Balsam West FiberNet CalCom Spring Conference VTIA TCI Conference URTA Annual Meeting South Carolina Telephone Association Spring Convention |
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Talk on The Street Click here for current news stories about Occam. |
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New from Marketing Brochures & Datasheets RTC Brochure (update) |
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Occam Networks Users Group (ONUG) ONUG keeps you up to date on the latest technology, products and network design from Occam and its partners. Join ONUG to meet with your peers on a regular basis and help direct the future of Occam technology. |
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We start the new year by adding several important new companies to our customer roster. Most recently, it was announced that we will be assisting Fairpoint Communications Inc., one of the largest rural telephone providers in the United States, with a major broadband expansion for the more than 1.5 million lines they are acquiring from in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. (This acquisition is pending approval of the PUCs in the three states.) We were also selected by Guam’s largest telecommunications service provider, GTA TeleGuam, for a network renovation and expansion project, and by Alabama’s New Hope Telephone Cooperative to upgrade its entire service network from copper to a point-to-point (P2P) Gigabit Ethernet fiber to the home (FTTH) network. I am also excited about the innovative products we have planned for the coming year. We’ve taken your input and put together a new product development roadmap that will provide the functionality you need to deliver new services, lower operating costs and grow your businesses. In addition, I have focused the company on enhancing the quality of the total Occam experience, which includes combining our customer support and quality teams into a single team, reporting directly to me, designed to ensure that enhanced quality is at the top of our priority list. From product design and deployment to customer service and technical support, our goal is to ensure that you enjoy a quality experience with Occam. I encourage you to discover these changes for yourself and during the year, I hope that you will take the time to visit us at our new corporate headquarters or at one of the many events we participate in during the year. Our interaction with you plays a key role in our continued success. Together we will enjoy a happy and prosperous 2008. Bob Howard-Anderson |
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Occam BLC 6322 Named Product of the Year by Internet Telephony
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Customer Satisfaction Survey 2008 It’s time again for the annual Occam Customer Satisfaction Survey. These surveys play a key role in our ability to serve you better, providing Occam with the information it needs to judge the success of programs we have implemented and to identify areas of our business that need improvement. Surveys were sent out on January 15th, so check your email to make sure you’ve received yours. If you haven’t, please contact Rebecca Law. We encourage you to complete these valuable surveys so that we can continue to provide you with optimal service and satisfaction. |
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New Product Update Occam has recently completed a new version of Optical Network Terminal operating system software, ON OS 3.0. The new OS is available now at no charge by contacting Occam Customer Support at 805 692 2911 or support@occamnetworks.com. New software features include:
In addition to the new ONT OS, the ON 2351 is now shipping. Contact your sales representative or click here to learn more about this MDU/MTU Optical Network Terminal that provides symmetrical Gigabit Ethernet transport and fiber termination for the BLC 6000 Broadband Loop Carrier system. |
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Tech Tip Over time changes to the DSL firmware on Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and modems can make older revisions of the DSL software on the Occam BLC obsolete. To ensure continued functionality, it is strongly recommended that all customers with Occam BLC-based networks that deliver DSL services upgrade to the most recent software revision. If the BLC has an older revision of software there is the potential for DSL interoperability issues that can cause a service interruption. Click here [add link] for more information. |
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Thursday Webinars Occam kicked off the new year with its Triple Play at the Right Price webinar, an in-depth look at how rural telcos are profiting from deploying Triple Play services. If you missed this webinar, listen to Occam’s Director of Strategic Products and Markets, Juan Vela, and Michael Sullivan-Trainor, President of MST Consulting by clicking here. If you or your co-workers have a specific topic you would like to have covered, let us know. Please send your ideas and suggestions for future webinars here or contact your local sales representative. |
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Occam Adds Three Important New Customers Fairpoint Communications, Inc. has selected Occam as the lead access equipment provider for a major broadband upgrade of its pending acquisition of a network in northern New England. The first phase of the multi-phase upgrade project will include building 10Gig redundant Ethernet rings to over 200 Central Offices throughout the three-state region of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Phase two will add over 50,000 DSL lines to rural areas that previously did not have broadband service. Peter Nixon, President of FairPoint, said, “Occam was selected based on superior product features, their unique capability to handle the scale of our project and the strong track record they have compiled with our FairPoint properties over the years. Read more Guam's largest telecommunications service provider, GTA TeleGuam, recently chose Occam Networks as the lead access equipment provider for a major upgrade of the telco’s network. Occam will upgrade 10 thousand of GTA TeleGuam’s 70 thousand access lines in the “first of many” projects the telco has planned. According to Nelson Tanaka, Chief Operating Officer for GTA, “The fact that Occam could offer us both Active Ethernet and GPON solutions was an important selling point. It’s helpful for us to work with just one equipment provider for both access technologies..” Read more New Hope Telephone Cooperative of Huntsville, Alabama has selected Occam to upgrade of its entire service network from copper to point-to-point (P2P) Gigabit Ethernet fiber to the home (FTTH) network for all voice, data and video services. The telco serves more than six thousand subscribers. “While most vendors are talking IP and Ethernet, Occam has been delivering it for over 5 years,” said Tom Wing, New Hope General Manager. “We didn’t merely choose Occam for what their products and services can do for our customers today. We chose them for the power and flexibility they offer for tomorrow’s services. Read more |
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Visit Occam at NTCA in New Orleans If you can’t make it to this year’s Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, you won’t want to miss the NTCA 2008 Annual Convention and Expo. With a key note address by the Under Secretary for Rural Development and the opportunity to experience first-hand many new technologies and full-service solutions, the Annual Convention promises to be the best ever. Mark your calendars for February 10-13. Once you’re there, be sure to stop by the Occam booth (Booth 801) to familiarize yourself with our FTTH products and solutions, including our recently announced GPON products. And be sure to register for [add giveaway]! |
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The Power of Partnership We are pleased to announce two new additions to the OPAN Alliance, Actelis Networks® and ZyXEL. Actelis Networks is a global leader of Carrier Ethernet over Copper™ access solutions. Its telecommunications products allow service providers to extend the reach of their Carrier Ethernet network using the existing copper infrastructure to reach the majority of their subscribers. ZyXEL is one of the world's foremost suppliers of high-performance broadband access and networking products. We are looking forward to working with these two new partners to broaden interoperability and develop new solutions that will simplify your access networks and expand your service offerings. For more information on each of these new partners or to see a complete list of OPAN partners, click here. |
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Expert Training at your Fingertips Advanced BLC BLC 6000 Operation and Provisioning March 18-21 (Tue-Fri) March 25-28 (Tue-Fri) IP/Video Technologies *Contact Pam Kemmerlin at 803 534 1040 or click here to register. Click here for class descriptions and online signup or call |
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The Buzz Triple Play Can Withstand a Recession VoIP and convergence in 2008 will see VoIP over 3G wireless and more EP2P and GPON battle for hearts and minds |
Occam enters 2008 energized and excited. While 2007 was a challenging year on some fronts for Occam, we once again showed our mettle and came through with significant achievements. The upcoming year holds even more promise for Occam. Promises that we intend to deliver upon.
We are delighted to announce that Internet Telephony has once again chosen an Occam product as a Product of the Year. The publication selected the BLC 6322 GPON OLT, the company’s first GPON product, as one of this year’s winners. Internet Telephony editors select only those companies that in their view demonstrate the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The Product of the Year Awards exemplify the best the industry has to offer. We are proud to have been honored with this award, and we congratulate the developers, engineers and support team that are bringing this product to market.
The Occam Networks logo is a trademark of Occam Networks, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Content subject to change without notice. January 2008. Ethernet Protection Switching US Patents 6,834,056 and 6,623,186.