C-COR Showcases its OSS and Transport Solutions for Broadband's Digital Future at IBC.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Following a flurry of acquisitions, C-COR Incorporated (Nasdaq:CCBL) exhibits at the 2004 IBC Exhibition in Amsterdam (September 10-14, Hall 4, Stand 348) with a portfolio of advanced network transport and software solutions that have propelled the Company into a top-tier industry vendor with a global customer base. The spotlight this year is the first-ever demonstration in Europe of C-COR's modular software applications under its flagship ISM(TM) (Integrated Services Management) system, the industry's most comprehensive OSS (Operations Support System) solution with network, workforce, subscriber, and service assurance management capabilities. Complementing its software showcase, C-COR will also have on display its end-to-end digital video transport delivery systems with live demonstrations of the latest enhancements to its DV6000(R) Universal Digital Fiber Optic Transport System and CHP Max5000 converged, high-density headend platform.

One-Stop OSS

In a powerful consolidation of industry-leading OSS offerings, C-COR and its recent acquisitions, Alopa Networks and Stargus, will feature at IBC the superior value and benefit of their combined solution for management of the network infrastructure, subscribers, workforce, and services in the emerging digital environment. Specifically, C-COR will demonstrate four modular software applications under its ISM umbrella system:

--Network Service Manager (NSM(TM)): a revolutionary solution to fault management issues inside the HFC network. This indispensable application is a customer-centric solution focused on proactively solving network and service management problems. NSM integrates the best-in-class standards-based network management technology with customer care and billing data sources to give operators a vehicle to proactively monitor the health of their network infrastructure and prioritize alarm resolutions by the number of customers impacted. By using the thresholds and alarms that are defined for each specific device in the network, NSM is able to pinpoint potential failure points, by location and device, within the network allowing maintenance personnel to quickly locate and rectify these potential failures before they become major outages.

--Service Activation Manager (SAM) (formerly, Alopa's MetaServ(TM) Provisioning System): a fully integrated, end-to-end provisioning and IP (Internet Protocol) management solution. The SAM is the industry's only end-to-end OSS product that automates the entire subscriber lifecycle--from equipment qualification through customer support--and integrates all layers of the IT infrastructure, including billing, order entry, customer-care, and network management. In addition, its framework deploys high speed data, Internet telephony, multimedia, home networks, and more in one robust, highly scalable platform.

--CableEdge(TM) (formerly, the Stargus product line): a service assurance management solution that includes network optimization, subscriber usage reporting, abuse control, performance management, and capacity planning. CableEdge allows broadband operators to take control of cable's last mile by reducing operating costs and revenue leakage, enabling new revenue-generating services such as VoIP, and improving customer satisfaction. The system is currently in use managing over 5 million DOCSIS devices worldwide.

--Mobile Workforce Manager (MWM(TM)): a suite of field service management tools that takes advantage of the latest advances in handheld PCs, wireless communications, and a suite of work force management software applications to maximize the potential of the operator's mobile workforce. The MWM includes automated scheduling, routing, and workflow management tools combined with real-time communications between the operations center, back-office systems, and the mobile workforce. The MWM is available to broadband service providers as either a stand-alone system or as a hosted application service offering.

Advanced Transport Solutions for Digital Networks

On the transport equipment side, C-COR will feature five key pillars of its end-to-end digital transport solution for the multi-service, on-demand networks of the future.

--Metro Packet Switch (MPS) System that combines next-generation 10 Gigabit optical packet transport with advanced bandwidth and Quality of Service (QoS) management to enable an infrastructure on which thousands of deterministic and Ethernet-based services are supported simultaneously, including T1 telephony and Gigabit Ethernet for VOD streams and Internet access.

--DV6000(R) product family, one of the most powerful and cost-effective video networking systems available with operational deployments worldwide by major telecommunications companies, CATV providers, and private video network operators.

--CHP Max5000 that converges hub, headend, and digital transport onto one scalable platform, and provides the highest density headend platform on the market. The CHP features accelerated deployment of advanced services, innovative technology, simplified installation and management, optional redundant powering, hot swappable modules, investment protection through the 2RU footprint, and universal management through a craft interface and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).

--Edge Max5500 Edge QAM device that provides edge QAM processing of up to 240 single program transport streams in a scaleable 1RU shelf. Cable operators can start with a 12 QAM channel unit and scale the configuration to 24 QAM channel while maintaining their initial investment. C-COR's CHP Max5000 Platform provides digital transport using the GigE Max Gigabit Ethernet module and enables forward path optical transport into the HFC network using field-proven direct modulated transmitters.

--FTTmaX, an end-to-end fiber solution that leverages C-COR's advanced optical transport equipment and element management systems, PON (Passive Optical Network) technology, and Gigabit connectivity to provide high-capacity bandwidth as well as a simpler, more efficient, and less expensive network access for transporting voice, video, and data to the home or business over fiber optic networks.

Specific live demonstrations of transport equipment will feature the latest enhancements to the C-COR DV product line, including the DAP4 combined Optics and Controller Card, DV to SONET/SDH Transceiver interface, Multi-ASI Interface Cards, and the DV6000's Information and Monitoring (IMI) System. In addition, there will be a demonstration of the CHP Craft graphical user interface accessible over a remote IP connection.

About C-COR

C-COR is a top-tier global provider of optical packet and digital video transport communications products; end-to-end fiber-to-the-premise systems; comprehensive OSS solutions; and high-end technical outsourced field services--all supporting cost-effective delivery of voice, video, and high-speed data over advanced broadband networks. Headquartered in the U.S. with facilities worldwide, C-COR's mission is to provide our customers with second-to-none network integrity throughout the full network life cycle. C-COR's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market (Symbol: CCBL) and is a component of the Russell 2000 Stock Index. For more information on C-COR, visit its Web site at www.c-cor.net.

Some of the information presented in this announcement constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent the Company's judgment regarding future events, and are based on currently available information. Although the Company believes it has a reasonable basis for these forward-looking statements, the Company cannot guarantee their accuracy and actual results may differ materially from those the Company anticipated due to a number of known and unknown uncertainties. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, among others, capital spending patterns of the communications industry, changes in regard to significant customers, the demand for network integrity, the trend toward more fiber in the network, the Company's ability to develop new and enhanced products, the Company's ability to provide complete network solutions, continued industry consolidation, the development of competing technology, the global demand for the Company's products and services, and the Company's ability to complete and integrate acquisitions and achieve its strategic objectives. For additional information concerning these and other important factors that may cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from expectations and underlying assumptions, please refer to the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.