Occam Networks Announces GPON Product Line.

The Power to Deliver On-Demand Triple Play at Full GPON Line Rate

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Occam Networks[R] Inc. (NASDAQ:OCNW), a leading broadband access supplier, today added powerful GPON to its BLC 6000 system. At the center of Occam's GPON is the Occam Packet Engine, developed specifically to support the massive Ethernet and IP processing that Triple Play networks will require. Using this chip, a single OLT blade switches packets at a multigigabit per second rate, performs deep packet inspection on millions of packets per second, manages 2,048 data streams, and delivers hardware-based QoS, security, and multicast management. Occam currently projects the new products to be available in Q1 2008, with the exception of the ON 2445, which is anticipated in Q2 2008.

"Occam's new GPON products should help operators address the growing consumer demand for a better, more individualized, 'always on' experience, and give them the flexibility to incorporate both 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 the abilities of the Occam Packet Engine architecture to shape and manage traffic, we believe that Occam should provide the operators with unique tools to deliver differentiated services."

"We believe that operators are experiencing increasing demand for bandwidth, driven by HDTV and on-demand video and social networking sites that facilitate a massive amount of uploading and downloading high-bandwidth content," said Russ Sharer, Occam's vice president of marketing.

"Occam has always been committed to Ethernet and IP, and offers operators the power to handle full line-rate IP Triple Play. Our new GPON offering is an important component of Occam's High Definition Access strategy, a comprehensive approach for enabling operators to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities presented by consumers' increasing bandwidth demands."

Unlike access systems that layer GPON onto older, ATM-based technology, the Occam system supports full line-rate bandwidth for every GPON port simultaneously, both inter-blade and into the backhaul. This is critical for high IP-HDTV on-demand take rates. And, unlike SONET, Occam's highly resilient Ethernet backhaul rings use all backhaul links in normal operation, load-shifting immediately and gracefully on link failure.

Occam's initial GPON solutions will include:

* The BLC 6322 OLT: four GPON ports. A single Occam BLC 6012 shelf will support up to 48 GPONs.

* The ON 2442 ONT: single family residence, two POTS and four Ethernet ports.

* The ON 2444 ONT: single family residence, two POTS and four Ethernet ports, and 1555 nm RF broadcast.

* The ON 2445 ONT: single family residence, two POTS and four Ethernet ports, 1555 nm RF broadcast, and HPNAv3.

* The ON 2451 ONT: multiple dwelling unit, 4 - 8 POTS ports, 8 - 16 Ethernet ports, 1555 nm RF broadcast, and HPNAv3.1.

Occam's GPON blades and ONTs are integrated into the company's BLC 6000 access system, enabling operators to build cohesive, easily managed access networks. With the new products, Occam merges 10GigE, GigE, ADSL2Plus, DS1, HPNA, RF video, Ethernet, VoIP, POTS, and now GPON. Everything is integrated, with a unified backhaul, a single set of shelves and enclosures, and managed by OccamView EMS.

Occam's GPON offerings also reflect its focus on simplicity of turn-up and operation. They include centralized, standards-based ONT control through ONT Management Control Interface (OMCI), and feature easy provisioning with VLANs.

About Occam Networks Inc.

Occam Networks' broadband access solutions empower service providers to offer profitable new voice, data, and video services over copper and fiber. Occam systems deliver flexibility and scalability in a Triple Play world. Over 1.6 million BLC 6000 ports are currently deployed at over 260 service providers in North America and the Caribbean. For more information, please visit www.occamnetworks.com.

Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks, including, among others, statements predicting the availability of our GPON products, demand for Triple Play and other services by our customers' subscribers, our perceptions of requirements and demand for our products among operators, the ease of integration, management, and use of our GPON products by operators, the performance of our GPON products once available, 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, we cannot predict whether our introduction of GPON products will be either timely or successful.

Rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's products, including our GPON 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. In addition, introductions of new products involve specific risks and uncertainties associated with the introduction of new products, including, among others, potential delays in the commercial availability of the new product, potential delays in purchases of existing products or services while customers evaluate the new product offerings, and the identification of bugs or defects that are only discovered after the equipment has been commercially installed for some time. 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 reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007, the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the company's 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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