Occam Networks Selected to Deliver Advanced Video Solutions to Five Illinois-Based Service Providers
December 01 2010 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Occam Networks (NASDAQ:OCNW) today announced that five members
of the Western Illinois Video (WIV) Group, a consortium of service
providers that was formed to enable its members to offer advanced
video services, have selected Occam’s BLC 6000. The service
providers, New Windsor Telephone, Oneida Telephone Exchange,
Reynolds Telephone, Viola Home Telephone Company and Woodhull
Telephone Company, will use a mix of access technologies to offer
advanced services to customers in rural counties across west
central Illinois.
The WIV Group, an adjunct of Western Illinois Network Services
(WINS), has been providing video services to approximately 15,000
access lines since 2004. As WINS, the group of eight wireline
operators initially offered dial-up and DSL services and with the
creation of WIV, the same companies’ pooled resources enable the
consortium to offer video content over an IPTV headend located at
Oneida Telephone Exchange.
“Occam’s expertise in delivering IP video solutions was the best
fit for our network and has delivered great improvements in user
experience,” says Dave Olson, general manager of Oneida Telephone
Exchange. “In addition, our work with other members of the WIV
Group has provided us with successful models for utilizing Occam’s
equipment for our own planned FTTH deployments.”
With many member companies migrating to FTTH, the group is
leveraging Occam’s BLC 6000 multiservice access platform (MSAP)
with its mix of DSL, Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and GPON technologies.
As WIV companies work together to provide IP video to their
subscribers, Occam’s extensive experience in IPTV is the key to
successful interoperability between the various solution
components.
“Fiber is obviously the way of the future for New Windsor to be
able to provide the advanced services, DVR functionality and HDTV
our customers demand,” said general manager Troy Nimrick of New
Windsor Telephone. “A real aid to our success has been the ability
to work across a variety of broadband technologies and across WIV
member companies on Occam’s BLC 6000 platform.”
A long-time Occam customer, New Windsor began deploying Active
Ethernet for a FTTH project serving its CLEC territory last year
and selected Occam for its proven Ethernet experience and
reliability. Reynolds Telephone also deployed Occam’s GPON solution
for a FTTH project serving its local exchange earlier this
year.
As the newest Occam customer, Woodhull Telephone Company is
currently embarking on a complete fiber overbuild of its network
with plans to offer all customers the same advanced IP services
they currently provide. Viola Home Telephone, an Occam customer
since the WIV Group was formed six years ago, also plans to
leverage Occam’s fiber solutions in plans for future FTTH
deployments.
“The WIV Group is ahead of the curve for its commitment to
providing their communities with the best broadband experience
possible,” says Juan Vela, director of marketing and strategy at
Occam Networks. “As rural wireline operators invest in new network
infrastructure, service providers like the WIV group lead the
way—addressing their challenges with innovative partnerships,
lowered shared costs and new advanced services.”
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 3 million BLC 6000 ports
are currently deployed at over 380 service providers worldwide. 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 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, annual report
on Form 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.
Occam Networks (MM) (NASDAQ:OCNW)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Occam Networks (MM) (NASDAQ:OCNW)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024