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Company Becomes One of the Few Companies in North America to Meet New ISO Standards

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., October 1, 2001 - Occam Networks, Inc., the leading supplier of Broadband Loop Carrier equipment to carriers and telecommunications service providers worldwide, today announced it has successfully completed an audit by TUV Management Service and has been certified and registered to ISO 9001:2000 standards. Occam Networks is one of approximately 100 companies in North America to have achieved the ISO 9001:2000 registration level to date.

"Achieving certification to the new ISO 9001:2000 standard is a major milestone for Occam as we begin to ship products in increasing quantities," said Kumar Shah, Occam president and CEO. "Our telecommunications customers demand that the products and solutions they integrate into their networks meet the highest level of reliability and quality standards. Receiving this certification at such an early stage in our company's development demonstrates how committed the entire organization is to ensuring that our customers have the highest level of confidence in doing business with Occam."

The International Organization for Standards (ISO) is recognized as the industry leader in setting standards that ensure excellence in the quality and reliability of the goods and services manufactured and delivered by organizations around the globe. Released in December 2000, ISO 9001:2000 is the latest version of the international Quality Management Standard ISO 9001. This standard includes eight quality management principles: customer focused organization, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, systems approach to management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision making, and mutually beneficial supplier relationships.

About Occam Networks
Occam Networks, Inc. is the leading supplier of Broadband Loop Carrier equipment, a simple, cost-effective access platform that enables Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) to overcome the limitations of the local loop to profitably deliver a variety of voice and broadband services to their subscribers from a converged new access network. Privately held Occam Networks was founded in 1999. Since its inception, the company has received approximately $41 million in financing from private investors, including US Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, The Anschutz Group, Windward Venture Partners, Crescent Ventures, and Hook Partners. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif. and has additional offices in Agoura Hills, Calif. and Mesa, Ariz. Additional information about the company can be found at www.occamnetworks.com.