Occam Networks Receives TMC Labs 2006 Innovation Award for INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine; BLC 6314 Singled Out for Outstanding Innovation.SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Occam Networks(R) Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :OCNW OCNW Ohio City Near West Development Corporation (Ohio City, OH) OCNW Open College North West (adult college, Lancashire, UK) ), a supplier of innovative Ethernet- and IP-based loop carrier equipment to telecommunications companies worldwide, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center Labs division named Occam Networks 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 (Broadband Loop Carrier) 6314 10GigE Transport and Optical Line Termination An optical line termination (OLT), also called an optical line terminal, is the service provider endpoint of a passive optical network and is placed at the central office or head end in systems such as Verizon's FIOS network. (OLT) Blade as a 2006 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. magazine. "This award recognizes our commitment to forward-thinking, innovative design -- the driving force behind the company and its products," says Russ Sharer vice president of sales and marketing at Occam Networks. "Occam products are redefining the market and the way telcos build their networks today and in the future. We are pleased to receive recognition for the expertise and execution of our product development team." The BLC 6314 Blade adds dual 10 Gigabit Optical Ethernet and multiple 1 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. interfaces to the company's BLC 6000(TM) Broadband Loop Carrier System providing symmetrical bandwidth that enables Telcos to create very high capacity access networks with 10 Gigabit Ethernet redundant transport rings at a fraction of the cost of SONET-based OC 192. "The Occam BLC 6314 Blade has clearly demonstrated to the staff of TMC Labs that the Occam Networks' product is truly innovative in the burgeoning VoIP/IP telephony industry. Never before in this industry has there been a greater need to highlight the most inventive VoIP products and services," said Rich Tehrani, group publisher and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. "The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are based solely upon the uniqueness of the company's offering or how pioneering the particular product or service is. It is not based on company revenue or number of products sold. It is based on the concept that the Occam BLC 6413 Blade is innovative," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Tom Keating, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and TMC Labs editorial director. Keating continued, "The Occam BLC 6413 Blade deserves this great honor for creating a ground-breaking VoIP product or service. I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from Occam Networks as they continue to contribute to the future of the VoIP/IP telephony marketplace." The TMC Labs 2006 Innovation Award highlights will be published in the July 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. About Occam Networks Inc. Occam Networks Inc. develops and markets innovative Broadband Loop Carrier networking equipment that enable telephone companies to deliver voice, data and video services. Based on Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) technologies, Occam's equipment allows telecommunications service providers to profitably deliver traditional phone services, as well as advanced voice-over-IP, residential and business broadband, and digital television services through a single, all-packet access network. Occam is headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif. Additional information can be found at www.occamnetworks.com. About TMC(R) Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and 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. Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 1,400 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.) Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from any future performance suggested in such statements. Rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's products. 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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