OTELCO Telephone Selects Copper Mountain's VantEdge Access BRAS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004 Innovative Independent Operating Company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. to Deploy VantEdge for Broadband Aggregation, Delivery of Advanced Services Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN), a leading provider of intelligent broadband access solutions, today announced that OTELCO Telephone, an innovative, Alabama-based Independent Operating Company (IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= ), has selected the VantEdge Access 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] (BRAS) for broadband aggregation. OTELCO Telephone will initially deploy the VantEdge to aggregate existing DSLAMs -- including Copper Mountain's CopperEdge 200 -- as well as devices from Adtran, Alcatel, Calix calix /ca·lix/ (ka´liks) pl. ca´lices [L.] calyx. ca·lix or ca·lyx n. pl. ca·li·ces or ca·ly·ces 1. A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure. and Occam. OTELCO also plans to leverage the functionality in the VantEdge to deliver video services over copper, and to replace their legacy subscriber management system (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ). "We needed a cost-effective solution for broadband aggregation, coupled with the functionality required to deliver advanced services and replace our legacy routers and SMS devices," said Anthony Armstrong, NSI See Network Solutions. NSI - Network Solutions, Inc. manager at OTELCO Telephone. "Copper Mountain's VantEdge BRAS was a perfect fit for our requirements." "Innovative IOCs like OTELCO Telephone are recognizing the immediate benefits of deploying the VantEdge into their network for broadband aggregation," said Keith Higgins, Vice President of Marketing at Copper Mountain Networks. "Lowering costs and enabling new services are top priorities for many IOCs today, and we are pleased to see continued momentum of the VantEdge into this important market." 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. About OTELCO Telephone OTELCO offers a full array of communications services -- telephone, cable television, Internet, and long distance service -- in North Central Alabama. For more information, please contact OTELCO at www.otelco.net. 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 the multi-vendor operational environment of Copper Mountain's prospective large carrier 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 (including but not limited to OTELCO Telephone) 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 (IOC), incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". (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 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 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 for the year ended December 31, 2003, and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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