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Stock News Bot Date: March 28, 2007 06:00:00 AM
OCNW News Occam Networks Selected by 3 Rivers to Offer Advanced Triple Play Services
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Occam Networks® Inc. (NASDAQ:OCNW), a leading supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies, announced today that 3 Rivers Communications, a leading telecommunications service provider in Montana, has deployed Occam’s Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system to provide Triple Play services to its customers. The company offers dial-up, DSL and satellite Internet access, local and long distance phone service as well as satellite TV.
"We selected Occam because of its commitment to provide excellent service as well as for the high performance and stability of the BLC platform,” said Ron Warnick, operations manager for technologies of 3 Rivers. “Occam’s dedication to understanding and recommending the best solutions for our network has enabled us to offer advanced services over the most reliable network possible. As we continue to enhance our service offerings, we are certain that our relationship with Occam will continue to grow.”
3 Rivers is deploying Occam’s BLC 6312 and 6252 blades as part of a network upgrade to push fiber to more than 10 central offices, with a series of 1Gigabit connecting networks. When complete, 3 Rivers will offer FTTH to 521 homes in the Fairfield, Montana, and copper POTS, high speed Internet and video services in other exchanges throughout its service area.
“Working with the independent telco cooperatives such as 3 Rivers demonstrates the effectiveness of Occam’s BLC solution in helping local telcos upgrade their networks to offer enhanced voice, data and video services,” said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing for Occam. “We are eager to help 3 Rivers as they continue to expand the services they offer their customers as well as update their network infrastructure.”
About 3 Rivers Communications
3 Rivers Communications, founded in 1953, is a rural telephone cooperative headquartered in Fairfield, Mont. and serves 30 communities. 3 Rivers offers long distance, local dial-up Internet, DSL broadband Internet, combined wireless broadband and local phone, satellite TV, satellite broadband Internet, and competitive local telephone service in addition to traditional local telephone service to customers.
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 the flexibility and scalability to continuously expand their offerings, with simplicity of service deployment. Occam's BLC products and services are currently deployed at over 200 service providers in North America. For more information, please visit www.occamnetworks.com.
Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements
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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