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Occam Networks Named the Solution of Choice at American Broadband & Telecommunications
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – November 28, 2006 – Occam Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:OCNW), a leading supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies, announced today that American Broadband & Telecommunications (AMBT), has selected Occam Networks to assist in offering integrated voice and data services today, with a potential upgrade to Triple Play services in the future. American Broadband & Telecommunications is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.
“We studied a variety of solutions to expand our service offerings to include voice and required a solution that was IP-based, easy to provision and easy to turn up,” said Chris Slaght, Vice President of Operations at AMBT. “We reviewed the capabilities of several equipment providers and were most impressed with the features and functionality of the Occam BLC 6000 solution.”
American Broadband & Telecommunications was founded in 2003 to provide advanced telecom and broadband services to the underserved rural and suburban markets in Ohio and Michigan and now services over 10,000 business and residential customers throughout its footprint. As part of AMBT's move to a facilities based provider, AMBT upgraded its existing platform with the Occam BLC 6252 to offer lifeline POTS and DSL. The BLC 6252 ADSL2Plus Blade provides 48 ports of ADSL2Plus with Lifeline POTS on the same physical interface to deliver voice, data and video services. Subscriber DSL and POTS ports combine with Gigabit Ethernet transport capabilities, which will enable AMBT to easily upgrade its network again to include video for a complete set of Triple Play services in the future.
“We are a fast-growing company and were eager to partner with an equipment provider that could both meet our immediate needs as well as provide solutions that are scalable for the future,” Mr. Ansted continued. “Occam's BLC solution delivered on both scores – supplying the best solution for our move to offer voice now, as well as offering a clear migration path to offer Triple Play down the road.”
“Occam has a long history of helping Service Providers evolving to provide voice and other services, AMBT is an excellent example of an ISP evolving into a total services provider,” said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing for Occam Networks. “We have developed products like the BLC 6252 specifically for companies that recognize that the future of service providers are the delivery of voice and high speed IP services such as IPTV.”
About Occam Networks Inc.
Occam Networks' broadband loop carrier (BLC) solutions enable telecommunications and other service providers to offer innovative voice, broadband, IPTV and full Triple Play services over copper or fiber. Occam solutions give telco service providers flexibility and scalability to expand their offerings, with simplicity of service deployment. Occam's BLC products and services are currently deployed at over 180 service providers in North America. For more information, please visit www.occamnetworks.com.
Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks, including statements predicting increased adoption of products and technologies offered by Occam and the willingness and ability of our customers to purchase additional Occam products and upgrade their product offerings. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from any future performance suggested in such statements. In particular, rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's products, and the willingness of our customers to purchase upgraded products such as Triple Play will depend in part on customers' existing network configurations and any incremental costs associated with implementing upgrades. 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.
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