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OCNW News Ten Ontario IOCs Upgrade Their Networks With Occam Networks' BLC 6000

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 ten local telcos in Canada’s Ontario province have selected Occam Network’s BLC 6000 solution to upgrade their networks. Occam has seen tremendous success in Ontario over the last 18 months, and is now serving two-thirds of its independent telcos.

"We selected the Occam platform because it offers the most flexibility of any BLC product of which we are aware,” said Wayne Lynch, Manager of Transport Infrastructure for Ontera. “We are very pleased to have found a single product from which we can deliver such a wide array of services over an IP network.”

In addition to Ontera, Occam’s nine additional new carrier customers in Ontario include:

Cochrane Telecom Services
Execulink Inc.
Gosfield North Communications Co-op Ltd.
Huron Telecommunications Co-operative, Ltd.
Nexicom Group
North Renfrew Telecom
Quadro Communications
Roxborough Telephone Company Ltd.
Wtc Communications (Westport)

Together, the ten telcos support more than 35,000 access lines in Ontario. Most of these operators are utilizing the Occam BLC 6252 blade. The BLC 6252 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 four ports of resilient Gigabit Ethernet transport capabilities to position the 6252-02 Blade as the Triple Play workhorse for the future.

For the future, all are preparing to offer full Triple Play services as soon as an IPTV feed is available in Ontario, the telcos are also preparing to migrate to fiber to the premises (FTTP).

“Ontario is an important area for Occam growth as these carriers prepare for both IPTV and fiber deployment,” said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing for Occam Networks. “Engineers at these carriers understand that Occam offers the most flexible, scalable value proposition available today.”

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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