Occam Networks Announces SIP Support, Launches to Acclaim From Customer and Analyst Community.SIP Added as Part of New OccamOS Release SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Occam Networks[R] Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :OCNW OCNW Ohio City Near West Development Corporation (Ohio City, OH) OCNW Open College North West (adult college, Lancashire, UK) ), a leading supplier of innovative Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies, announced today it has added a truly carrier-class implementation of Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) as part of the company's new OccamOS release. Multiple Occam customers are currently trialing the OccamOS 5.3 which is generating industry-wide praise. "We use SIP today in deploying an IP Centrex product in combination with Occam's BLC BLC Boston Library Consortium BLC Bethany Lutheran College (Minnesota) BLC Back Light Compensation (video cameras) BLC Belo Corporation (stock symbol) BLC Broadband Loop Carrier 6000 platform," said Dave Martin, director of technology, Blackfoot Communications, Inc. "Pushing SIP to the access platform is clearly the trend and we are eager to see that capability move toward the edge of the network. Occam's SIP features will improve survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. and prepare the Occam platform for the future evolution of multimedia services, providing better and more responsive customer service." Primary features of the release include support for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Occam's BLC POTS blades, Combo POTS 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 blades, and Optical Network Terminals (ONTs). Additional features include: * Simplified troubleshooting and service quality management including telco-configurable options for peer-to-peer or through-switch call routing * Common subscriber provisioning and management across Lifeline POTS, ONTs, as well as derived voice (terminal adapter or IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. ) subscriber services * Interoperability with a broad variety of Softswitches, including products from Nortel, Metaswitch, Coppercom and Broadsoft * Easy transition from Class 5 to SIP Softswitches with subscriber-by-subscriber assignment * Enabling Occam BLCs and ONTs to act as Media Gateways under the IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) architecture "As carriers of all sizes integrate IP-based voice, data and video into their networks, maintaining carrier class quality of service is critical to maintaining and growing the subscriber base," said Teresa Mastrangelo, Principal Analyst at Broadband Trends. "Occam's new SIP features include many of the qualities carriers demand, including broad softswitch interoperability, a single SIP call control plane for fiber and copper, customization capabilities, preconfiguration for IMS architecture and more." "SIP is rapidly becoming a valid alternative to MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol or GR 303 for the control of voice services in carrier networks due the wide variety of traditional and value-add features and services it enables," said Russ Sharer, vice president of marketing for Occam Networks. "The introduction of our new SIP offering continues to demonstrate a primary Occam value, adding carrier-class reliability to industry standard protocols to deliver advanced, revenue-enhancing solutions to our telco customers." About Occam Networks, Inc. Occam Networks' broadband loop carrier (BLC) solutions enable telecommunications and other service providers to offer innovative voice, broadband, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and full Triple Play services over copper or fiber. Occam solutions give telco service providers flexibility and scalability to expand their offerings, with simplicity of service deployment. Occam's BLC products and services are currently deployed at over 180 service providers in North America. For more information, please visit www.occamnetworks.com. Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks, including statements predicting 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, rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's 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. 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 report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , 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. and 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. Occam Networks and Occam BLC 6000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Occam Networks Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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