"We are excited by the progress of the DSL Forum, especially its work with BroadbandSuite™," said Bob Howard-Anderson, president and CEO of Occam Networks. "The industry is well served by the quality and direction of the Forum’s Technical Reports and White Papers."

Mr. Howard-Anderson will provide welcoming comments at the meeting's Open Plenary session.

In addition, Occam is announcing the appointment of Dov Zimring, Occam’s Director of Strategic Technology and Solutions, to Chair of the DSL Forum’s Ambassador Committee. The goal of the DSL Forum Ambassador Program is to promote the DSL Forum and provide education on DSL technology and systems to the communications, information and entertainment industry, as well as other interested parties.

"The vision of Occam Networks and the DSL Forum work aligns, especially when it comes to enabling high-performance next-generation services with simplicity," said Zimring. "We are pleased to participate, sponsor and contribute to the DSL Forum's work and new initiatives."

Occam's IP and Ethernet based Broadband Loop Carrier products leverage many of the DSL Forum's Technical Reports to better enable Service Providers to deploy IPTV and other emerging applications in the most efficient way possible. The DSL Forum has consistently brought the industry thought leaders together in identifying optimal architectures, test methodologies, home networking capabilities and network management techniques to solve emerging Service Provider business challenges.-OCCAM