**EXHIBIT 31.01**

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**Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

 

I, Robert L. Howard-Anderson, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewedthis Form 10-Q of Occam Networks, Inc.;

 

2.                                     Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                     Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                     The registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrantand have:

 
| a)     |   | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such  disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure  that material information relating to the registrant, including its  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those  entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being  prepared;                          |
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| b)     |   | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused  such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our  supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of  financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external  purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                                  |
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| c)     |   | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls  and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the  period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                  |
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| d)     |   | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal  control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most  recent fiscal quarter (registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an  annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to  materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting; and |

 

5.                                       The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                                    All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)                                   Any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 12, 2008

 
|   | /s/ ROBERT L.  HOWARD-ANDERSON         |
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|   | Robert L. Howard-Anderson              |
|   | President and Chief  Executive Officer |
|   | (Principal Executive  Officer)         |

 

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