Copper Mountain Completes Integration With Leading OSS Vendors.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Integration With Solutions From Syndesis and Micromuse Ensures Interoperability With Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers' Existing Operations Support Systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN), a leading provider of intelligent broadband access solutions, today announced the integration of the VantEdge Access BRAS (Broadband Remote Access Server A broadband remote access server (BRAS) routes traffic to and from the digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAM) on an Internet service provider's (ISP) network.[1] ) and CopperView Element Management System (EMS) with products from leading, global Tier 1 Operations Support Systems (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ) vendors Syndesis and Micromuse. The integration of Copper Mountain's VantEdge BRAS and CopperView EMS products with leading OSS vendors helps ensure interoperability with the operational environment of some of the world's leading service providers, including the largest U.S. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs). "Syndesis is pleased to be working with leading next generation equipment vendors, such as Copper Mountain, to provide integrated OSS solutions that enable service providers to speed delivery of value-added services while reducing total cost of ownership," said Chris Swan, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Channel Management for Syndesis. "This partnership exemplifies the way in which established industry leaders can collaborate to offer real value to service providers that directly affects their bottom line." "Micromuse is pleased to be working with solution providers such as Copper Mountain and Syndesis to deliver integrated solutions for our mutual service provider customers," commented Darin Layman, Vice President of Alliances at Micromuse. "By providing pre-integrated solutions, we can help our customers support the delivery of new service offerings without a corresponding increase in operations costs." About Syndesis Syndesis (www.Syndesis.com) empowers the world's largest telecommunications companies to provide new network experiences for their customers by enabling rapid and reliable delivery of profitable next generation data services. Renowned for customer responsiveness, in-depth network expertise and off-the-shelf support for more technologies and equipment than any other OSS software developer, Syndesis is the vendor of choice in deployments at more than 20 major service providers worldwide. Well-funded and privately held, Syndesis is backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] including Greylock, Helix, Pequot, Sequoia and VenGrowth. Cisco Systems, Convergys Corporation and Nortel Networks recommend and sell Syndesis software to their customers. About Micromuse Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq:MUSE) is the leading provider of realtime, ultra-scalable business and service assurance software solutions. Micromuse's Netcool(R) suite helps enterprises and service providers optimize network utilization and deliver comprehensive, management of services and the supporting IT infrastructure. The integration with Copper Mountain's solutions provides realtime monitoring and fault management, enabling organizations to improve operational efficiency by reducing the mean-time-to-resolution of problems. Micromuse offers Netcool solutions for security management, service management, systems and application management, network and asset management, and technologies such as VoIP, wireless, and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary . Micromuse customers include BT, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, EarthLink, GE Appliances, ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → DeltaCom, J.P. Morgan Chase, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , T-Mobile and Verizon. About Copper Mountain Networks Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN) is a leading provider of intelligent broadband access solutions. The company offers a broad set of subscriber access and broadband remote access server (BRAS) equipment for ILECs, IXCs, PTTs, CLECs, IOCs, and other facilities-based carrier networks worldwide. These products enable efficient and scalable deployment of advanced voice, video, and data services while leveraging existing network infrastructures and reducing both capital and operational costs. Copper Mountain's products have been proven in some of the world's largest broadband network deployments. For more information, please visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.coppermountain.com. For investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. information, contact us at 858-410-7110 or IR@coppermountain.com. Copper Mountain Networks Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Warning Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events based on current expectations. These forward-looking statements and other statements, such as statements regarding Copper Mountain's operating plan and financial projections; the capabilities of Copper Mountain's products; such products' interoperability with products from Syndesis and Micromuse and with the multi-vendor operational environment of Copper Mountain's current and prospective customers; and the market opportunities for such products including, but not limited to, acceptance and deployment of these products by Copper Mountain's current and prospective customers are subject to risks and uncertainties. Copper Mountain wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: our ability to successfully introduce and commercialize our products; our ability to penetrate the independent operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. (IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= ), incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. ), inter-exchange carrier (IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. ), and international postal, telephone and telegraph (PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration ) service provider markets with our products; our ability to initiate and successfully complete laboratory trials with our current and prospective customers; our ability to compete effectively with other vendors of telecommunications equipment; our ability to keep pace with rapidly changing product requirements; and factors affecting the demand for DSL technologies, operations support system technologies, and other broadband access technologies. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Further, Copper Mountain expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments after the date hereof. We refer you to the documents Copper Mountain files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2003, and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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