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Occam Networks and Minerva Networks Complete Field Testing of Turnkey IP Television Delivery Platform
Companies have tested their products to offer a robust video delivery platform that speeds time to market and minimizes deployment risks.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Jan. 26, 2004 - Occam Networks Inc. (OTCBB: OCCM) , a supplier of i nnovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies worldwide, today announced that it has worked closely with Minerva Networks, a new member of its Occam Packet Access Network (OPAN) alliance, to integrate and test a complete IP Television delivery platform.
Minerva is the only IP television systems vendor providing both headend equipment and middleware as well as consulting and integration services. Occam offers innovative IP-based loop carrier platforms that enable telecommunications service providers to deliver both traditional and packetized broadband services from a single access network. Occam and Minerva have completed joint trials and are now ready to provide carriers with a fully tested integrated solution for delivering interactive video services.
SureWest Communications, a provider of advanced communications products and services in the Sacramento Metropolitan region, has selected and successfully tested the combined Occam and Minerva solution.
"Working with multiple vendors who have participated successfully in various trials, and whose products are interoperable, makes the deployment of an access network architecture technically more efficient and cost-effective," said Bill DeMuth, chief technology officer at SureWest Communications. "This cooperation helps us deliver services to our subscribers quickly and simply."
"As a member of OPAN we can offer significant benefits to operators deploying Occam broadband access solutions," said Jean-Georges Fritsch, Chief Operating Officer for Minerva Networks. "Occam's BLC 6000 delivers the bandwidth and flexibility our telco customers are increasingly demanding."
"Minerva offers a high quality headend and middleware product," said Russ Sharer, vice president of sales and marketing at Occam Networks. "By working closely with Minerva, now a member of OPAN, we can together offer our customers a solution that minimizes their deployment risks, time to service and technical support issues."
The OPAN alliance is a multi-company partners hip program for telecommunications vendors focused exclusively on delivering comprehensive, interoperable and easily supported next-generation local loop solutions. Companies participating in the OPAN Alliance program ensure that their products are fully interoperable with Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system and work together as a team to develop business cases that demonstrate the economic benefits of building next-generation local loops. For more information on becoming a member of OPAN, contact Occam Networks at 805-692-2900. To learn more about delivering video services through telephone company networks, visit www.tripleplay.tv .
About Minerva Networks, Inc.
Minerva Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of carrier-class infrastructure
for the delivery of television and video services over broadband IP networks.
The company's Television services management software and video processing
platforms are integrated into complete IP Television headend solutions. Broadband
network operators worldwide use Minerva's products and services to deliver
next-generation entertainment, communication and e-commerce applications.
Minerva Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara , CA and on the Internet
at www.minervanetworks.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. These filings contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.