SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Occam Networks® Inc. (NASDAQ: OCNW), aleading broadband access supplier, today added powerful GPON to its BLC 6000 system. At thecenter of Occam’s GPON is the Occam Packet Engine, developed specifically to support themassive Ethernet and IP processing that Triple Play networks will require. Using this chip, asingle OLT blade switches packets at a multigigabit per second rate, performs deep packetinspection on millions of packets per second, manages 2,048 data streams, and delivershardware-based QoS, security, and multicast management. Occam currently projects the newproducts to be available in Q1 2008, with the exception of the ON 2445, which is anticipated inQ2 2008.

“Occam’s new GPON products should help operators address the growing consumer demand fora better, more individualized, ‘always on’ experience, and give them the flexibility to incorporateboth Active Ethernet and GPON architectures into their access networks,” said Erik M.Keith, senior analyst for broadband infrastructure at analyst firm Current Analysis. “And with theabilities of the Occam Packet Engine architecture to shape and manage traffic, we believe thatOccam should provide the operators with unique tools to deliver differentiated services.”

“We believe that operators are experiencing increasing demand for bandwidth, driven by HDTVand on-demand video and social networking sites that facilitate a massive amount of uploadingand downloading high-bandwidth content,” said Russ Sharer, Occam’s vice president ofmarketing.“Occam has always been committed to Ethernet and IP, and offers operators the power to handlefull line-rate IP Triple Play. Our new GPON offering is an important component of Occam’s HighDefinition Access strategy, a comprehensive approach for enabling operators to meet thechallenges and take advantage of the opportunities presented by consumers’ increasingbandwidth demands.”

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