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Occam Networks and VocalData Form Partnership to Create Unique
IP Centrex Solution


New Solution Enables Carriers to Offer Hosted IP Telephony and Enhanced Applications to Wider Range of Customers with Carrier-Network-Level Quality

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – April 28, 2003 - Occam Networks Inc., a supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies worldwide, today announced that VocalData has joined the Occam Packet Access Network (OPAN) alliance. Through the partnership, the companies have created a joint solution enabling carriers to offer hosted IP telephony services through a network-based architecture that combines the Occam Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) platform and VocalData's VOISS™ solution in the access network. Occam's Ethernet & IP-based BLC platform, which streamlines the access network by integrating the functionality of several types of network equipment, resides in the service provider network and acts as a voice gateway for VocalData's VOISS solution.

“By combining our voice application server with Occam's BLC platform, we enable carriers offering hosted IP telephony to reach a greater number of customers cost-effectively using standard copper telephone lines,” said Mark Whittier, vice president of marketing, VocalData. "With this solution, end customers benefit from reliable telephony service combined with new, converged applications while avoiding the added costs of new handsets.”

VocalData's VOISS system can be configured to deliver hosted PBX, IP Centrex, business trunking, residential services, and enhanced applications such as conferencing, unified messaging, and the Web portal, which provides end-users with unprecedented freedom to customize their telecommunications preferences, via on-screen applications such as “find me, follow me.” VOISS allows service providers the ability to serve a wide range of markets from basic residential customers to sophisticated business customers with reliable, full-featured voice over IP.

“More of our customers are looking to offer IP Centrex services, and this is an excellent partnership because it ensures complete interoperability and the highest service quality possible,” said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing at Occam Networks. “Our Ethernet and IP platform provides a number of innovative ways for carriers to generate revenue and expand their service offerings, and having VocalData join the OPAN alliance allows us to continue to prove the value of an all IP packet access network.”
The OPAN alliance is a multi-company partnership program focused exclusively on delivering comprehensive, interoperable and easily supported next-generation local loop solutions that minimize deployment, operational and maintenance costs for service providers.
Manufacturers interested in becoming a member of the Occam Packet Access Network (OPAN) alliance can contact Occam Networks at 805-692 2900.

About VocalData
VocalData, Inc. provides an integrated suite of hosted IP telephony applications that enable service providers to reliably and cost-effectively deliver voice-over-IP solutions. VocalData's award-winning VOISS solution is a comprehensive set of hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications that delivers higher value telephony services to enterprise customers, while reducing the costs associated with traditional PBX telephony systems. Through VocalData's broad customer and partner base, there are more than 25,000 VOISS lines today. VocalData was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX. For more information, visit www.vocaldata.com.

About Occam Networks Inc.
Occam Networks Inc. develops and markets a suite of Broadband Loop Carriers, innovative Ethernet- and IP-based loop carrier platforms that enable telecommunications service providers to profitably deliver a variety of traditional as well as packetized voice, broadband and Internet Protocol (IP) services from a single, converged, all-packet access network. Occam is headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif. Additional information can be found at www.occamnetworks.com.

Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from any future performance suggested in such statements. Rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's products. Occam does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please also refer to the company's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, annual report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC, including the S-4 registration statement filed in connection with the company's recent merger. These filings contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.