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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

          Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

          Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

          Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

          As of June 28, 2002, there were 24,767,216 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding, and the aggregate market value of such shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (based upon the closing sale price of such shares on the Nasdaq National Market on June 28, 2002, the last business day of the second quarter of 2002) was $12,188,175.  Shares of the Registrant’s common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each entity that owns 10% or more of the Registrant’s outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons or entities may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

          On March 1, 2003, there were 24,771,498 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

          Certain sections of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the extent stated herein.

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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2002

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

          This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including forward-looking statements regarding future sales of our products to our customers, inventory levels, our anticipated product offerings, expectations regarding selling, general and administrative expenses, customer revenue mix, sources of revenue, gross margins, and operating costs and expenses.  In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue”,  or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. These statements are based on current expectations and projections about our industry and assumptions made by the management and are not guarantees of future performance. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, these expectations or any of the forward-looking statements could prove to be incorrect, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements.  Our future financial condition, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section in Item 1 of this report, as well as our other periodic reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or reasons why actual results may differ in this Report on Form 10-K.

          Unless otherwise indicated, references in this report to specific years and quarters are to our fiscal year and fiscal quarters.

PART I

ITEM 1.      BUSINESS

General

          Founded in 1992, Carrier Access manufactures broadband communications equipment that enables communications companies to accelerate their service revenue, lower operating costs and extend capital budgets. We focus on three segments of the telecommunications industry: wireless infrastructure, enterprise service delivery, and broadband access.

          Our product solutions meet the highest appropriate industry reliability and interoperability standards, including Telcordia TIRKS/OSMINE, NEBS Level-3, and ISO 9001. Depending upon product configuration, the retail list prices of our products range from $995 to $50,000.

          Our principal executive offices are located at 5395 Pearl Parkway, Boulder, Colorado 80301.  Our telephone number at that location is 303-442-5455.  Our web site is www.carrieraccess.com; however, the information in, or that can be accessed through, our web site is not part of this report.  Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to such reports are available, free of charge, on our web site as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We were incorporated in Colorado in September 1992, reincorporated in Delaware in June 1998, and completed our initial public offering in July 1998.

Principal Products

          Broadband Access: Our products efficiently deliver broadband access from the Central Office (“CO”) to the end-user’s locations, and our digital equipment provides a solution for the distribution and management of high bandwidth services.  Our CO communications solutions enable service providers to reach a large number of voice and high-speed Internet access businesses and consumers.  Our products allow service providers to cost-effectively connect end-user customers to their network platforms, decrease ongoing transmission equipment and maintenance expenses, and, at the same time, increase revenue through new service delivery.

          Enterprise Voice/Data Service Delivery:  As the demand for sophisticated voice and data service delivery increases, national and local service providers are focused on optimizing service margins by decreasing access transport and labor costs.  These costs have proven more difficult to control than other expenditures and directly affect service provider profitability.  Our IP, TDM and ATM solutions integrate multiple voice and data access services that are both easy to install and easy to manage while delivering the quality of services that end-users demand.

          Wireless Infrastructure:  In a relatively short period of time, mobile wireless networks have gone from early analog creation to multiple forms of digital transmissions.  Now wireless providers are focusing inside of their networks to reduce inefficiency and improve service delivery.  Our scalable solutions enable wireless carriers to optimize bandwidth resources, lower operating expenses, cost-effectively deliver new revenue-generating data services, and effectively migrate to 2.5G and 3G networks with features and functionality added to digital cellular phones, such as Internet access and messaging.

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          Access Bank^® Products

          The Access Bank products are a line of multi-service terminals designed to deliver carrier-class voice and data services in a one-rack-unit chassis.  The Access Bank products provide a solution for major services, including voice only, voice and data over T1, and data over symmetrical digital subscriber line. The Access Bank products deliver quality services for Regional Bell Operating Companies (“RBOC”s), Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (“ILEC”s), Interexchange Carriers (“IXC”s), and Internet service providers (“ISP”s).

          Access Bank I.  Released in June 1995, this product provides a solution for converting T1 digital access services from communications service providers to 12 or 24 individual analog telephone circuits at end user locations.  The Access Bank I incorporates an integrated T1 Channel Service Unit, which allows customers to plug in a T1 line without having to connect other external devices to perform service termination. Six different types of 12-channel telephone line interface circuit cards provide many popular voice service options while also delivering enhanced local services such as caller ID and distinctive ringing. The Access Bank I supports data services such as fax and high-speed modem traffic.  The Access Bank I is principally used by service providers for economical local service delivery, long distance service delivery using T1 access, digital service interconnection to PBXs and key systems, Internet modem pool connections to T1, branch office connectivity to T1, and rapid deployment of temporary telephone services.

          Access Bank II Voice and Data Multiplexer.  Released in November 1996, this product delivers twice the T1 capacity of the Access Bank I in the same size package, enabling service providers to integrate high-speed Internet service with multi-line voice service in a single unit. Each of the two T1 interfaces can accommodate current and future bandwidth requirements for a combination of facsimile, modem, high-speed Internet, voice, and PBX telephone services. The integral V.35 data interface and T1 interfaces offer connectivity for Internet access routers, enterprise routers, frame relay devices, video and other high-speed data applications. Service providers rely on the flexibility of the Access Bank II to deliver multi-line voice plus high-speed Internet connections to enterprise branch offices, small business customers, and medium-sized business locations. The Access Bank II also includes sophisticated management capabilities such as an optional Ethernet Simple Network Management Protocol (“SNMP”) and local area network management connection for configuration and monitoring.

          Access Exchange.  Released in April 1998, this product performs the functions of the Access Bank II and integrates software and digital signal processing capability to provide automatic call routing and number translation on a call-by-call basis. This product allows long distance service providers to combine local voice services with long distance and high-speed Internet access on their existing switch infrastructure while routing calls to the local exchange carrier for local calling, directory, 911, and other lifeline services.

          Wide Bank^® Products

          The Wide Bank DS3 and STS-1 access products were engineered to replace old-generation equipment and significantly reduce the size and power requirements of older communications equipment. In addition, the Wide Bank products utilize new levels of software integration to provide a feature-rich and cost-effective platform supporting full high- and low-speed redundancy, hitless T3 and STS-1 network protection, built-in Network Interface Units and Bit Error Rate Test capabilities. The Wide Bank products also conform to the most popular management schemes used by our service provider customers, including SNMP via Ethernet, local or remote Command Line Interface and Transaction Language 1 (“TL1”). Certification to Network Equipment Building Systems (“NEBS”) enables installation in a wide array of service provider environments including CO and co-location facilities while the modular design permits a platform cost and configuration to be matched exactly to the service provider needs.

          Wide Bank 28/DS3 Multiplexer.  Released in November 1997, this product connects a high bandwidth digital T3 (672 telephone line equivalents) network access line to 28 T1 or 21 E1 service connections. The Wide Bank 28 allows communications service providers (wireline and wireless), ISP, enterprise, and government customers to consolidate multiple T1s or E1s into T3 services to reduce monthly access costs. The Wide Bank 28 also provides redundant T3 service distribution from digital radio connections, T1 service expansion from fiber multiplexers and connections from T3 incumbent local exchange carrier services to ISP remote access servers.  The Wide Bank 28 incorporates T1 Network Interface Unit functionality to eliminate additional equipment and installation labor costs for service providers. A Maintenance Service Option (“MSO”) is available for providing testing and maintenance capabilities without disruption of services by field technicians.

          Wide Bank 28 is NEBS Level 3 certified and offers features and performance in compliance with NEBS Level 3 criteria as outlined by Telcordia Technologies for CO equipment. The NEBS certification allows service providers to install the Wide Bank 28 in CO locations where the product is designed to operate under electrical and physical environmental stresses such as electromagnetic interference, high and low temperature range and earthquake and vibration conditions. The Wide Bank 28 offers multiple management options including Command Line Interface (“CLI”), TL-1 Management Control, and SNMP.  The SNMP interface has a number of customized enterprise MIB objects, and can be used with Valet™, a Java-based graphical user interface; NetworkValet™ Element

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Management System, or other SNMP Network Management Systems, for ease of operations and management on the service providers’ network.

          Wide Bank 28/STS-1 Multiplexer.  Released in June 1999, this product cost-effectively delivers T1 service connections from SONET STS-1 electrical interfaces. This addition to our widely accepted and deployed Wide Bank 28 products offers new capabilities for high-bandwidth network access technology.

          The Wide Bank 28/STS-1 Multiplexer reduces the overall cost of deploying T1 services at service provider Local Digital Switch (“LDS”), collocation, Point-of-Presence (“POP”), Service Access Point (“SAP”) and on-network building locations. Our Wide Bank 28/STS-1 Multiplexer is designed to eliminate the additional expense of transmultiplexing T3 signals over SONET for fiber transport and reduce the amount of stranded bandwidth within the SONET shelf, while greatly decreasing the cost per T1 connection provided to service provider customers. High-capacity SONET add/drop multiplexers and digital radios can be more economically deployed to provide high-capacity T1 services.

          The Wide Bank 28/STS-1 Multiplexer optimizes valuable space in CO, co-location, or digital loop carrier cabinets. Services can be added in scalable quad T1 increments, suiting applications from small outside cabinets to large switching centers.

          The Wide Bank 28/STS-1 Multiplexer offers CLI, SNMP, and TL-1 management options as well as alarm reporting and performance monitoring to the Virtual Tributary 1.5 (VT1.5) tributary-based DSX-1 services, enabling service providers to gain the cost and management advantages of STS-1 interconnections in a very compact, scalable network product.

          Access Navigator^® Products

          The Access Navigator products include the Access Navigator/DCS Service Manager, which provides a cost effective 1/0 cross-connect solution; the Access Navigator/GR-303 + Data Host, which provides an easy to manage GR-303 host solution; and the most recent addition to the product, the Access Navigator GR-303 + P-Phone. With both NEBS and customer premises certifications, Access Navigator products were designed to be located in service provider racks or on end-user customer walls such that they significantly reduce space, power and installation labor requirements as compared to old generation digital cross connect and channel service equipment.  Access Navigator products provide management access via RS-232 and Telnet CLI, Ethernet SNMP, Valet graphical user interface, NetworkValet Element Management System, and GR-303 EOC (for either GR-303 version).

          Access Navigator/ DCS.  Released in January 1999, this product provides a comprehensive solution for managing four to 32 T1 access connections in a highly integrated package. With the functions of a 1/0 digital cross connect system, plus demarcation testing, service providers are able to decrease maintenance costs and labor, while increasing service availability.

          Access Navigator/ GR-303 + Data Host.  Released in January 1999, this productoffers a highly integrated solution for combining multi-line local voice and data services on customer T1 access lines. In addition to the concentration and management of CLASS voice services and ISDN BRI services, the Access Navigator/GR-303 grooms fractional T1 data connections, including Internet traffic, from customer locations.  Its small footprint and low-power requirements open up a wide range of applications from the network core, to the network edge, and even into customer premises.

          Access Navigator/ GR-303 + P-Phone.  Released in March 2003, this product also helps carriers maximize utilization of T1 backhaul facilities and free unused bandwidth in fractional T1 links by combining Telcordia®-compliant GR-303 offer-subscription with 1/0 Digital Cross-connect System (“DCS”) for grooming and concentrating voice and data traffic.  The new capabilities of this product enable carriers to deliver enhanced Centrex services via Nortel Meridian Enhanced Business Sets (P-Phones) at much lower costs compared to traditional deployments.

          Adit^Ò Products

          The Adit products are a line of multi-service digital access terminals that are used in wireless, wireline and enterprise market applications.  The Adit products are designed as a modular, scalable solution to help service providers deliver the technologies and services their customers are demanding.  Currently, the Adit products support features such as analog telephony; ISDN BRI; Centrex Services and high speed Internet and video.

          Adit 600.  First released in December 1999, Adit 600 is a multi-service terminal providing from 1 to 18 T1/E1 digital circuits from 4 to 48 voice channels.  It enables both existing and new voice and data services with a combination of IP and TDM technologies.  The Adit 600 product is designed as a modular, scalable, carrier-grade hardware and software solution with plug-in components for a wide-range of network end-user service options.  Current Adit 600 product offerings include Voice over IP (VoIP) Customer Media Gateway (CMG), 18 T1/E1 digital cross connect, distributed digital ISDN or P-Phone Centrex, Digital Data Service, multi-T1/E1 access routing, IP terminal server router, dual T1/E1 channel bank, ISDN, V.35 synchronous data, RS-232 asynchronous

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data, Ethernet service conversion, in-band IP management, and integrated power back-up protection.  The product is approximately the size of a shoebox and is sold in service-delivery applications at wireless cell sites, customer premises and central office locations.   

          With the introduction of the CMG Service Card in June 2002, the Adit 600 platform can combine IP router functionality with the ability to translate circuit-based services into packet-based VoIP services, using softswitch control.  The Octal P-Phone Card and software, introduced in March 2003, enables service providers to deliver digital Centrex services over T1 access lines with support for Nortel Electronic Business Set (EBS/P-Phone) telephones, in addition to ISDN basic rate and analog Centrex phone support.  This new product offering in combination with software in the Access Navigator CO product, enables digital Centrex service delivery using low-cost T1 access lines to customer premises locations, as an alternative to individual copper lines previously needed for each Centrex telephone user.

          Adit 105.  Released in December 2000, this product is designed to enable deployment of integrated voice and data DSL services.  The Adit 105 supports delivery of up to eight telephone line equivalents of voice services plus Ethernet data over xDSL transport interfaces using ATM.  The Adit 105 works with several standard–based ATM voice gateway platforms. 

          Broadmore^TM Products

          The Broadmore products enable service providers to extend their capital budgets, reduce their operating costs, and accelerate service availability. They provide cost efficient transport of traditional services across ATM Networks.

          Broadmore 1750.  Released in October 2000, this product brings the proven cost-efficiency and high performance of ATM networks to TDM-based DS3 service creation. By encapsulating TDM-based traffic within ATM cells using standards-based Circuit Emulation Service (“CES”), the Broadmore 1750 allows traffic to be transported over Permanent Virtual Circuits (“PVC”s) or Switched Virtual Circuits (“SVC”s). Concurrently, it concentrates lower-speed DS3 circuits onto a single high-speed OC-12c/STM-4c optical ATM circuit. The Broadmore 1750 provides carrier-class reliability in its 17-slot chassis through 1+1 SONET automatic protection switching (“APS”), 1:4 DS3 drop-side protection, fully redundant CPU, common equipment, and power supplies.

          Broadmore 1700.  Released in October 2000, this product offers an economical means of provisioning, grooming, and routing DS3, T1, E1, E3 and high-speed serial data circuits using logical ATM connections. The cost and complexities of equipping and managing SONET and Digital Cross-Connect (“DCS”) circuits are replaced by the speed, capacity, and cost improvements of logical ATM circuit provisioning—leveraging existing SONET optical networks. The Broadmore 1700 converts and aggregates TDM circuits—such as T1, E1, DS3, and E3 — into OC-3c/STM-1c or OC-12c/STM-4c ATM connections. TDM to ATM conversion is accomplished using standards-based ATM CES supporting both PVC’s and SVC’s. The integrity of TDM traffic is maintained, while providing the benefits and efficiency of ATM transport for converged voice and data access networks.

          Broadmore 500.  Released in October 2000, this product offers, in a five slot chassis, an economical means of provisioning common TDM and serial data circuits through an ATM network without incurring the costs typical of large, full-featured ATM core switches.  Simple ATM circuit provisioning replaces the complexities of configuring and managing more complex SONET and Digital Cross-connect Systems (DCS).  Conversion to ATM is performed using standards-based ATM CES with support for both PVC’s and SVC’s. 

          Valet^TM Products

          Valet.  Released in January of 2000, this product is a local configuration and provisioning software tool which increases installer productivity by simplifying the tasks of deployment and maintenance of network elements.  Valet is a Java Ô-based GUI that requires minimal training and technical expertise. 

          Valet supports our following Network Elements:

          Valet resides on the installer’s laptop computer and connects directly to our products through Ethernet management interfaces.  Using the intuitive point-and-click product-specific GUIs allows for quick completion of the installation, configuration and provisioning process.  Valet handles the circuit configuration process for various types of service, system setups and connections

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required by on-site technicians, enabling rapid service deployment. Network operators can manage diverse product configurations through displays of existing configurations.

          NetworkValet^TM.  Released in March 2001, this product is a full-features Element Management System (“EMS”) designed to meet the transport and access-management needs of service providers.  With a user-friendly GUI, NetworkValet is built on a Java^TM framework that is CORBA^®-compliant and Operational Support Systems (“OSS”) capable.  Network managers can remotely monitor our deployed network elements through the most widely employed interfaces, including SNMP, TL1, CLI, and CORBA. The result is a remote management solution that enables productive and cost-effective management, monitoring, configuration, and provisioning of our devices throughout the network.

          With NetworkValet, customers deploying Access Bank II, Access Navigator, Adit 105, Adit 600, and Wide Bank 28 products can decrease the cost of ownership by reducing the number of service callsrequired for routine configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting activities. Remote product configuration and provisioning for carrier-quality voice, high-speed data and broadband Internet access services can be accomplished down to the DS0 level from the Network Operations Center (“NOC”).  NetworkValet automatically detects our new elements, allowing most users to begin managing these elements after completing the basic configuration process. NetworkValet receives alarms associated with line outages, downed links, and failed cards directly from the network elements as they occur in real-time.  The built-in topology view can group elements geographically by region, state, city, building, or sub-network, providing drill-down network views and simplifying troubleshooting and element management. 

          Service providers can count on NetworkValet’s security features to safeguard their valued network elements.  System or network administrators can customize user access based on the functionality they want to assign to users.

          Axxius^TM Products

          Axxius 800.  Released in March 2002, this product was designed to enable wireless carriers to provide additional services and lower costs.  By integrating many different access and bandwidth management functions into a single modular platform, the Axxius 800 delivers transport, edge routing and bandwidth intelligence to the access point of the wireless network which eliminates bandwidth under-utilization and inefficiencies between wireless cell site radios, periphery equipment, and the high-speed carrier edge or core network.

          Voice and high-speed data service can be deployed as needed, and protocol mediation can be provisioned to converge dissimilar service protocols from a variety of cell site assets onto an efficient access network.  To keep pace with evolving wireless access requirements, the Axxius 800, through upgradeable software and replaceable cards, can be configured to deliver an array of service offerings as well as address future needs for ATM, IP and broadband transport.

Customers

          To date, a significant portion of our sales are made to distributors who resell our products to communications service providers, such as ILECs, wireless service providers, competitive carriers, ISPs, independent operating carriers and utilities who provide enhanced voice and high-speed data and Internet services to end-user businesses. In addition, we sell our products through direct sales to this same customer base principally through volume purchase agreements.

          Since 1998, our products have been used; by over 2,500 end users; however, our revenues have historically been concentrated among a small number of distributors and service provider customers that have historically accounted for a majority of our net revenue. For example, with respect to our distributors, Walker & Associates (“Walker”) accounted for 16% of net revenue in 2002. With respect to direct service provider customers, XO Communications, Inc. (“XO”) accounted for 13% of net revenue in 2002.    The loss of any one or more of these distributors or service provider customers could have a material adverse effect on our revenue.

Sales, Marketing and Customer Support

          Sales. We currently use a leveraged sales model consisting of (1) sales to distributors and (2) a direct sales and sales engineering force, which works with strategic accounts and with our distributors to identify potential customers and provide pre- and post-sales support to our service provider customers and other end-users. Sales to distributors accounted for approximately half of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2002.  We typically ship products soon after receipt of the customers’ orders and, accordingly, backlog has typically not been significant.

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          Marketing. Our marketing organization develops strategies for products and, along with the sales force, develops key account strategies and defines product and service functions and features. Marketing is responsible for sales support, handling requests for information, requests for quotes and requests for proposals, preparing in-depth product presentations, interfacing with operations,

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setting price levels, developing new services and business opportunities and writing proposals in response to customer requests for information or quotations. We engage in a number of marketing activities that include exhibiting products and customer applications at industry trade shows, advertising in selected publications aimed at targeted markets, taking part in public relations activities with trade and business press and distributing sales literature, technical specifications and documentation in order to create awareness, market demand and sales opportunities for our products.

          Customer Service and Support. Based on customer support calls, we believe that ongoing customer support is critical to maintaining and enhancing relationships with service providers, end-users and distributors. The service provider and end-user support group has five functions: new product development that provides for product ideas and enhancements based on customer requirements through the pre- and post-sales support effort; inbound technical support which focuses on pre- and post-sales calls made to us by our customers; outbound application support and response to proposed quotation requests; training, including installation and application development training for customers, sales engineers, and employees; and reporting and analysis based on the automated trouble ticket and returned material systems.

Competition

          There is intense competition in the telecommunications equipment market with a large number of suppliers providing a variety of products to diverse market segments. We believe that the principal competitive factors for products in our markets include:

We believe our product solutions compete favorably with respect to each of these factors.

          Our existing and potential competitors include many large domestic and international companies, including certain companies that have substantially greater financial, manufacturing, technological, sales and marketing, distribution, and other resources.  Our principal competitors for our products include Adtran, Inc., Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc., Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d’Electricite, Cisco Systems, Inc., Lucent, Paradyne Corporation, Telect, Inc., Tellabs, Inc., VINA Technologies, Zhone Technologies and other small independent systems integrators and small private and public companies.  Most of these companies offer products competitive with one or more of our product lines. We expect that our competitors who currently offer products competitive with only one of our product lines will eventually offer products competitive with all of our products. Due to the rapidly evolving markets in which we compete, additional competitors with significant market presence and financial resources, including large telecommunications equipment manufacturers and computer hardware and software companies, may enter these markets through acquisition, thereby further intensifying competition.

          Many of our current and potential competitors are substantially larger than we are and have significantly greater financial, sales and marketing, technical, manufacturing, and other resources and more established channels of distribution.  As a result, such competitors may be able to respond more rapidly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, or to devote greater resources than we can devote to the development, promotion, and sale of their products.  Such competitors may enter our existing or future markets with solutions that may be less costly, provide higher performance or additional features, or be introduced earlier than our solutions.  Many telecommunications companies have large internal development organizations that develop software solutions and provide services similar to our products and services.  We expect our competitors to continue to improve the performance of their current products and to introduce new products or technologies that provide added functionality and other features.  Successful new product introductions or enhancements by our competitors could cause a significant decline in sales or loss of market acceptance of our products.  Competitive products may also cause continued intense price competition or render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive.

          To be competitive, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and development and sales and marketing.  We may not have sufficient resources to make such investments or be able to make the technological advances necessary to be competitive.  In addition, our current and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase the ability of their products to address the needs of our prospective customers.  Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share.  Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins, and loss of market share, any of which would harm our business.

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          Our manufacturing operations consist of materials planning and procurement, final assembly, product assurance testing, quality control, and packaging and shipping. We currently use several independent manufacturers to provide certain printed circuit boards, chassis and subassemblies. We have developed a manufacturing process that enables us to configure our products to be adapted to different customer hardware and software applications at the final assembly stage. This flexibility is designed to reduce both our manufacturing cycle time and our need to maintain a large inventory of finished goods. We believe that the efficiency of our manufacturing process to date is largely due to our product architecture and our commitment to manufacturing process design. 

          We spend significant engineering resources producing customized software and hardware to assure consistent high product quality. We test every product both during and after the assembly process using internally developed automated product assurance testing procedures. These procedures consist of automated board and automated system testing as well as environmental testing. Although we generally use standard parts and components for our products, many key components are purchased from sole or single source vendors for which alternative sources are not currently available. We caution you that it is possible that we may experience supply problems in the future from any of our manufacturers or vendors. We believe that there may be seasonal fluctuations in the placement of orders that may cause us to experience supply problems.  Any such difficulties could harm our business.

Research and Product Development  

          We focus our development efforts on providing enhanced functionality to our existing products, including total network solutions and performance and the development of additional software-based features and functionality. Extensive product development input is obtained from customers and our monitoring of end-user needs and changes in the marketplace. Our current product development focus has been on developing digital broadband access solutions and completing new products. We believe that our success will depend, in part, on our ability to develop and introduce in a timely fashion new products and enhancements to our existing products. We have in the past made, and intend to continue making, significant investments in product and technological development. Our engineering, research and development expenditures totaled approximately $28.7 million in 2000, $33.2 million in 2001, and $23.5 million in 2002. We perform our research and product development activities at our offices in Boulder, Colorado, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Roanoke, Virginia.  Our inability to develop new products or enhancements to existing products on a timely basis, or the failure of these new products or enhancements to achieve market acceptance, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Patents and Proprietary Information

          As of December 31, 2002, we had been issued a total of nine U.S. patents and had 23 U.S. patents pending.  We have 11 U.S. trademark applications pending, and have nine trademarks registered. A large number of patents and frequent litigation based on allegations of patent infringement exist within the telecommunications industry. From time to time, third parties may assert patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to technologies that are important to us. If any such claims asserting that our products infringed proprietary rights of third parties were determined adversely to us, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. 

          We rely upon a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our proprietary rights. We have also entered into confidentiality agreements with our employees and consultants and we enter into non-disclosure agreements with our suppliers and distributors so as to limit access to and disclosure of our proprietary information. However, such measures may not be adequate to deter and prevent misappropriation of our technologies or independent third-party development of similar technologies. The laws of certain foreign countries in which our products are or may be developed, manufactured or sold may not protect our products or intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States and thus make the possibility of piracy of our technology and products more likely.   Based on the costs of obtaining foreign protection for our intellectual property as contrasted with the potential unenforceability of any such foreign protections, we suspended our activities related to obtaining international trademark and patent registrations.

Employees

          As of February 28, 2003, we employed 188 full-time employees in 26 states. No employees are covered by any collective bargaining agreements and we have never experienced a work stoppage. We believe that our relationships with our employees are good. The loss of any of our key management or technical personnel could harm our business. During 2002, we resized our employee base to focus on the largest opportunities in the ILECs, wireless, and global service provider markets.  This process included reducing our workforce from 453 full time employees at December 31, 2001, to 226 at December 31, 2002.

          Many of our employees are highly skilled, and our continued success depends in part upon our ability to attract and retain such employees.  In an effort to attract and retain such employees, we continue to offer employee benefit programs that we believe are at least equivalent to those offered by our competitors.  Despite these programs, in the past we have experienced difficulties in hiring and retaining certain skilled personnel.  In critical areas, we have utilized consultants and contract personnel to fill these needs until full time employees could be recruited.

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RISK FACTORS

          Investors should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also impair our business operations. Our business could be harmed by any of these risks. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and investors may lose all or part of their investment. In assessing these risks, investors should also refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our consolidated financial statements and related notes.

We Have a Limited Operating History.

          We did not begin commercial deployment of our broadband digital access equipment until 1995.  Prior to 1997, we recorded only nominal product revenue.  Although we were profitable on an annual basis from 1997 to 2000, we have recently experienced net losses.  For example, in 2002, we had a net loss of $52.7 million.  As of December 31, 2002, we had an accumulated deficit of $19.6 million.  Accordingly, an investor in our common stock must evaluate the risks, uncertainties, and difficulties frequently encountered by early stage companies in rapidly evolving markets such as the communications equipment industry.  Some of these risks include: 

          Due to our limited operating history and experience with respect to these issues, we may not successfully implement any of our strategies or successfully address these risks and uncertainties.

Our Quarterly Results Fluctuate Significantly, and Our Revenue Has Decreased.

          Although our revenues grew from fiscal 1998 to 2000, from 2000 to 2002 our revenues have decreased from $148 million to $50 million, respectively. Additionally, we experienced operating losses in the fourth quarter of 2000 and each quarter of 2001 and 2002.  We caution you that we may have revenue shortfalls again in the future.  Our quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated in the past and may vary significantly in the future.  Our future operating results will depend on many factors, many of which are outside of our control, and which have affected our results in the past and could again in the future, including the following:

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          A significant portion of our net revenue has been derived from a limited number of large orders, and we believe that this trend will continue in the future, especially if the percentage of direct sales to end-users increases  The timing of these orders and our ability to fulfill them can cause material fluctuations in our operating results, and we anticipate that such fluctuations will occur.  Also, our distribution and purchase agreements generally allow our distributors and direct customers to postpone or cancel orders without penalty until a relatively short period of time prior to shipment.  We have experienced cancellations and delays of orders in the past, and we expect to continue to experience order cancellations and delays from time to time in the future.  Any shortfall in orders would harm our operating income for a quarter or series of quarters, especially because operating expenses in a quarter are relatively fixed.  These fluctuations could affect our profitability and the market price of our common stock.

          Because most of our sales have historically been through indirect distribution channels, our ability to judge the timing and size of individual orders is more limited than for manufacturers who have been selling directly to the end-users of their products for longer periods of time.  Moreover, the current downturn in general economic conditions has led to significant reductions in customer spending for telecommunications equipment, which has resulted in delays or cancellations of orders for our products.  Our operating expenses are based on our expectations of future revenues and are relatively fixed in the short term.  Due to these and other factors, if our quarterly or annual revenues continue to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, the trading price of our common stock could significantly decline, as it has since the third quarter of 2000.

We Depend on Service Providers for Substantially All of Our Business.

          Our historical customers have consisted primarily of competitive carriers and, to a lesser extent, long distance service providers, ISPs, independent operating carriers (“IOCs”), RBOCs and wireless service providers The market for the services provided by the majority of these service providers has been influenced largely by the passage and interpretation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “1996 Act”). Service providers require substantial capital for the development, construction, and expansion of their networks and the introduction of their services.  The ability of service providers to fund such expenditures often depends on their ability to obtain sufficient financing.  Recently, this financing has not been available to many of these emerging service providers on favorable terms, if at all, particularly due to recent negative market conditions in the United States.  If our current or potential service provider customers cannot successfully raise the necessary funds, or if they experience any other adverse effects with respect to their operating results or profitability, their capital spending programs may be adversely impacted.  If our current or potential service provider customers are forced to defer or curtail their capital spending programs, our sales and operating results will likely be harmed.

          In addition, many of the industries in which the service providers operate have recently experienced financial restructuring, consolidation, or bankruptcy.  In particular, many telecommunication service providers have recently acquired, been acquired, or merged with ISPs or other service providers.  The loss of one or more of our service provider customers, such as occurred during the past three years through industry consolidation or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our sales and operating results.

Our Customers are Subject to Heavy Government Regulation in the Telecommunications Industry, and Regulatory Uncertainty May Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business.

          Competitive local exchange carriers are allowed to compete with RBOCs in the provisioning of local exchange services primarily as a result of the adoption of regulations under the 1996 Act that impose new duties on ILECs to open their local telephone markets to competition.  Although the 1996 Act was designed to expand competition in the telecommunications industry, the realization of the objectives of the 1996 Act is subject to many uncertainties.  Such uncertainties include actions by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), judicial and administrative proceedings designed to define rights and obligations pursuant to the 1996 Act, actions or inaction by RBOCs or other service providers that affect the pace at which changes contemplated by the 1996 Act occur, resolution of questions concerning which parties will finance such changes, and other regulatory, economic, and political factors.  Any changes to the 1996 Act or the regulations adopted thereunder, the adoption of new regulations by federal or state regulatory authorities apart from or under the 1996 Act, or any legal challenges to the 1996 Act could have a material adverse impact upon the market for our products.

          We are aware of certain litigation challenging the validity of the 1996 Act and local telephone competition rules adopted by the FCC for the purpose of implementing the 1996 Act.  Furthermore, Congress has indicated that it may hold hearings to gauge the competitive impact of the 1996 Act and we cannot assure that Congress will not propose changes to the Act.  This litigation and potential regulatory change may delay further implementation of the 1996 Act, which could negatively impact demand for our products.  Moreover, our distributors or service provider customers may require that we modify our products to address actual or anticipated changes in the regulatory environment.  Furthermore, we may decide to modify our products to meet anticipated changes.  Our inability to modify our products in a timely manner or address such regulatory changes could harm our business.

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Our Markets are Highly Competitive and Have Many Established Competitors.

          The market for our products is intensely competitive, with a large number of equipment suppliers providing a variety of products to diverse market segments within the telecommunications industry.  Our existing and potential competitors include many large domestic and international companies, including certain companies that have substantially greater financial, manufacturing, technological, sales and marketing, distribution, and other resources.  Our principal competitors for our products include Adtran, Inc. Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc, Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d’Electricite (“Alcatel”), Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), Lucent, Paradyne Corporation, Telect, Inc., Tellabs, Inc., VINA Technologies, Zhone Technologies and other small independent systems integrators and small private and public companies.  Most of these companies offer products competitive with one or more of our product lines.  These equipment suppliers either have products or are making an entry into this area.  We expect that our competitors who currently offer products competitive with only one of our products will eventually offer products competitive with all of our products. Due to the rapidly evolving markets in which we compete, additional competitors with significant market presence and financial resources, including large telecommunications equipment manufacturers and computer hardware and software companies, may enter these markets through acquisition, thereby further intensifying competition.

          Many of our current and potential competitors are substantially larger than we are and have significantly greater financial, sales and marketing, technical, manufacturing, and other resources and more established channels of distribution. As a result, such competitors may be able to respond more rapidly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, or to devote greater resources than we can devote to the development, promotion, and sale of their products. Such competitors may enter our existing or future markets with solutions that may be less costly, provide higher performance or additional features, or be introduced earlier than our solutions. Many telecommunications companies have large internal development organizations that develop software solutions and provide services similar to our products and services. We expect our competitors to continue to improve the performance of their current products and to introduce new products or technologies that provide added functionality and other features. Successful new product introductions or enhancements by our competitors could cause a significant decline in sales or loss of market acceptance of our products. Competitive products may also cause continued intense price competition or render our products or technologies obsolete or noncompetitive.

          To be competitive, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and development and sales and marketing. We may not have sufficient resources to make such investments or be able to make the technological advances necessary to be competitive. In addition, our current and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase the ability of their products to address the needs of our prospective customers. Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. Increased competition is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins, and loss of market share, any of which would harm our business.

We Are Substantially Dependent on Our Distribution Channels.

          To date, approximately half of the sales of our products have been made through distributors. Our distributors are responsible for warehousing products and fulfilling product orders as well as servicing potential competitive service provider customers and, in some cases, customizing and integrating our products at end-users’ sites. As a result, our success depends on maintaining good relations with our distributors. Sales of our products historically have been made to a limited number of distributors and other direct customers, as follows:

          We expect that a significant portion of sales of our products will continue to be made to a small number of distributors. Accordingly, if we lose any of our key distributors, or continue to experience reduced sales to such distributors, our business would be harmed.

          We have limited knowledge of the financial condition of certain of our distributors. We are aware, however, that some of our distrubutors have limited financial and other resources that could impair their ability to pay us. For example, we incurred bad debt from one of our distributors, C & L Communications, Inc., because it declared bankruptcy in 2002. Although we have increased our reserves for bad debts, based upon these and other factors, we cannot assure that any future bad debts that we incur will not exceed our reserves or that the financial instability of one or more of our distributors will not continue to harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

          We generally provide our distributors with limited stock rotation and price protection rights. Other than limited stock rotation rights and certain limited return rights, we do not provide our distributors with general product return rights. We have limited

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knowledge of the inventory levels of our products carried by our distributors. Distributors have, in the past, reduced planned purchases of our products due to overstocking and such reductions may occur again in the future. Moreover, distributors who have overstocked our products have, in the past, reduced their inventories of our products by selling such products at significantly reduced prices. This may occur again in the future. Any reduction in planned purchases or sales at reduced prices by distributors or in the future could reduce the demand for our products, create conflicts with other distributors, or otherwise harm our business. In addition, three times a year, certain distributors are allowed to exercise stock rotation rights up to a maximum of 15% of our unsold products for an equal dollar amount of new equipment. The products must have been held in stock by such distributor and have been purchased within the four-month period prior to the return date. We cannot assure that we will not experience significant returns in the future or that we will make adequate allowances to offset these returns.

          We are generally required to give our distributors a 60-day notice of price increases. Orders entered by distributors within the 60-day period are filled at the lower product price. In the event of a price decrease, we are sometimes required to credit distributors the difference in price for any stock they have in their inventory. In addition, we grant certain of our distributors “most favored customer” terms, pursuant to which we have agreed to not knowingly grant another distributor the right to resell our products on terms more favorable than those granted to the existing distributor, without offering the more favorable terms to the existing distributor. It is possible that these price protection and “most favored customer” clauses could cause a material decrease in the average selling prices and gross margins of our products, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on distributor inventories, our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

          Our distributors do not have any obligation to purchase additional products, and accordingly, they may terminate their purchasing arrangements with us, or significantly reduce or delay the amount of our products that they order without penalty.  Any such termination, change, reduction, or delay in orders would harm our business.

We are Substantially Dependent on Our Direct Sales to End-User Customers.

          Currently, a significant portion of our product revenue is through direct sales.  Therefore, our continued success depends on building and maintaining good relations with our direct customers.

          We have limited knowledge of the financial condition of certain of our direct customers. We are aware, however, that some of our direct customers have limited financial and other resources that could impair their ability to pay us. For example in 2002, one of our direct customers filed for bankruptcy protection and we incurred bad debt as a result.  Another direct customer which accounted for 13% of our net revenues in 2002, has restructured its operations and experienced financial difficulty, and it may not be in a position in the future to continue its historic purchase levels.  We cannot assure you that any bad debts that we incur in connection with direct sales will not exceed our reserves or that the financial instability of one or more of our direct customers will not continue to harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations.  In addition, it is likely that an increase in sales to our direct customers may increase our accounts receivable and our days sales outstanding.

          Any reduction in planned purchases by direct customers could harm our business.  In addition, we grant certain of our direct customers “most favored customer” terms, pursuant to which we have agreed to not knowingly provide another direct customer with similar terms and conditions or a better price than those provided to the existing direct customer, without offering the more favorable terms, conditions or prices to the existing direct customer.  It is possible that these price protection and “most favored customer” clauses could cause a material decrease in the average selling prices and gross margins of our products, which could, in turn, harm our business.

          Our direct customers do not have any obligation to purchase additional products, and, accordingly, they may terminate their purchasing arrangements with us, or significantly reduce or delay the amount of our products that they order without penalty.  Any such termination, change, reduction, or delay in orders would harm our business.

General Economic Conditions Could Continue to Harm our Business

          We continue to be affected by adverse changes in general economic conditions, which have resulted in, and may continue to result in, reductions in capital expenditures by the end-user customers of our distributors and our direct sales customers, longer sales cycles, deferral or delay of purchase commitments for our products, and increased price competition.  These factors materially impacted our business most severely in the fourth quarter of 2000, and have continued to have an impact throughout 2001 and 2002.  If the current economic slowdown continues or worsens, these factors would continue to adversely affect our business and results of operations.  In addition, in the last two years, some service providers that were among our principal customers experienced capital budget constraints resulting from their financial troubles.  These financial troubles, combined with service delays, slowed the expected growth in this market.  If service providers continue to experience problems, our business may continue to be adversely impacted.

Our Growth is Dependent Upon Successfully Maintaining and Expanding Our Distribution Channels and Direct Sales.

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Our future net revenue growth will depend in large part on the following factors:

We Must Maintain and Expand Our Current Distributor Customer Base.

          Most of our existing distributors also currently distribute the products of our competitors.  Some of our existing distributors may in the future distribute or use other competitive products.  We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and retain a sufficient number of our existing or future distributors and direct customers or that they will recommend or continue to use our products or that our distributors will devote sufficient resources to market and provide the necessary customer support for such products.  In the event that any of our current distributors or direct customers reduce their purchases of our products, or that we fail to obtain future distributors or direct customers, our business could be harmed. 

          In addition, it is possible that our distributors will give a higher priority to the marketing and customer support of competitive products or alternative solutions than to our products.  Furthermore, we cannot assure you that our distributors will continue to offer our products.  Our distributor relationships are established through formal agreements that generally (1) do not grant exclusivity, (2) do not prevent the distributor from carrying competing products, and (3) do not require the distributor to purchase any minimum dollar amount of our products.  Additionally, our distribution agreements do not attempt to allocate certain territories for our products among our distributors.  To the extent that different distributors target the same end-users of our products, distributors may come into conflict with one another, which could damage our relationship with, and sales to, such distributors.

Our Operating Results Are Substantially Dependent on Sole and Single Source Suppliers.

          Although we generally use standard parts and components for our products, many key parts and components are purchased from sole source vendors for which alternative sources are not currently available.  We currently purchase approximately 140 key components from vendors for which there are currently no substitutes, and we purchase approximately 209 key components from single vendors.  In addition, we rely on several independent manufacturers to provide certain printed circuit boards, chassis, and subassemblies for our products.  Our inability to obtain sufficient quantities of these components has in the past resulted in, and may in the future result in, delays or reductions in product shipments, which could harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations.  In the event of a reduction or interruption of supply, we may need as much as six months before we would begin receiving adequate supplies from alternative suppliers, if any.  We cannot assure you that any such supplier would become available to us or that any such supplier would be in a position to satisfy our production requirements on a timely basis, if at all.  In such event, our business would be materially harmed.

          In addition, manufacturing certain of these single or sole source components is extremely complex, and our reliance on the suppliers of these components, especially for newly designed components, exposes us to potential production difficulties and quality variations that the suppliers experience, which has negatively impacted cost and timely delivery of our products.  Any significant interruption in the supply, or degradation in the quality, of any such component could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Our Ability to Meet Customer Demand Depends on the Availability of Our Components.

          Our distributors and direct customers frequently require rapid delivery after placing an order.  Delays in shipment by one of our suppliers have led to lost sales and sales opportunities in the past and may continue in the future.  Lead times for materials and components vary significantly and depend on many factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as specific supplier performance, contract terms, and general market demand for components.  If distributor orders vary significantly from forecasts, we may not have enough inventories of certain materials and components to fill orders.  Any shortages in the future, including those occasioned by increased sales, could result in delays in fulfillment of customer orders.  Such delays could harm our business.

Our Dependence on Independent Manufacturers Could Result in Product Delivery Delays.

          We currently use several independent manufacturers to provide certain components, printed circuit boards, chassis, and subassemblies.  Our reliance on independent manufacturers involves a number of risks, including the potential for inadequate capacity, the unavailability of, or interruptions in, access to certain process technologies, and reduced control over delivery schedules, manufacturing yields, and costs.  Some of our manufacturers and suppliers are undercapitalized, and such manufacturers or suppliers may be unable in the future to continue to provide manufacturing services or components to us.  If these manufacturers are unable to

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manufacture our components in required volumes, we will have to identify and qualify acceptable additional or alternative manufacturers, which could take in excess of nine months.  We cannot assure that any such source would become available to us or that any such source would be in a position to satisfy our production requirements on a timely basis, if available.  Any significant interruption in our supply of these components would result in delays, the payment of damages for such delays, or reallocation of products to customers, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.  Moreover, since all of our final assembly and test operations are performed in one location, any fire or other disaster at our assembly facility would harm our business.

Our Executive Officers and Certain Key Personnel Are Critical to Our Business, and These Officers and Key Personnel May Not Remain With Us in the Future.

          Our success depends to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of our Chief Executive Officer and key management, sales, engineering, finance, customer support, and product development personnel, many of whom would be difficult to replace.  In particular, the loss of Roger L. Koenig, President and Chief Executive Officer, our co-founder, could harm us.  We believe that our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, sales, customer support and product development personnel.  We do not have employment contracts with any of our key personnel.  The loss of the services of any such persons, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future, or delays in hiring required personnel, particularly engineering personnel and qualified sales personnel, could harm our business.

Our Growth is Dependent on Our Introduction of New Products and Enhancements to Existing Products, Failure to Bring New Products to Market, and Any Delay in Customers’ Adoption of Our New Products Could Adversely Affect Our Business.

          Our successes depends on our ability to enhance our existing products and to timely and cost-effectively develop new products including features that meet changing end-user requirements and emerging industry standards.  However, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in identifying, developing, manufacturing, and marketing product enhancements or new products that will respond to technological change or evolving industry standards.  We intend to continue to invest in product and technology development.  We have in the recent past experienced delays in the development and commencement of commercial shipment of new products and enhancements, resulting in distributor and end-user frustration and delay or loss of net revenue.  It is possible that we will experience similar or other difficulties in the future that could delay or prevent the successful development, production, or shipment of such new products or enhancements, or that our new products and enhancements will not adequately meet the requirements of the marketplace and achieve market acceptance.  Announcements of currently planned or other new product offerings by our competitors or us have in the past caused, and may in the future cause, distributors or end-users to defer or cancel the purchase of our existing products.  Our inability to develop, on a timely basis, new products or enhancements to existing products, or the failure of such new products or enhancements to achieve market acceptance, could harm our business.

          The development of new, technologically advanced products is a complex and uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation, as well as the accurate anticipation of technological and market trends.  Our introduction of new or enhanced products will require us to manage the transition from older products in order to minimize disruption in customer ordering patterns, avoid excessive levels of older product inventories, and ensure that adequate supplies of new products can be delivered to meet customer demand.  We have historically reworked certain of our products in order to add new features that were included in subsequent releases of such product.  We can give no assurance that these historical practices will not occur in the future and cause us to record lower revenue or negatively affect our gross margins. 

          We believe that average selling prices and gross margins for our products will decline as such products mature and as competition intensifies.  For example, the average selling price for the Wide Bank products and Adit products have decreased substantially in the past two years.  These decreases were due to general economic conditions and the introduction of competitive products.  To offset declining selling prices, we believe that we must successfully reduce the costs of production of our existing products and introduce and sell new products and product enhancements on a timely basis at a low cost or sell products and product enhancements that incorporate features that enable them to be sold at higher average selling prices.  We may not be able to achieve the desired cost savings.  To the extent that we are unable to reduce costs sufficiently to offset any declining average selling prices or that we are unable to introduce enhanced products with higher selling prices, our gross margins will decline, and such decline would harm our business.

We Face Risks Associated with Acquisitions.

          In 2000, we acquired Millennia Systems, Inc. (“Millennia”) and certain product lines of Litton Network Access Systems, Inc. (“LNAS”). We may acquire or make similar such investments in complementary companies, products, or technologies in the future.  If we buy a company, we could have difficulty integrating that company’s personnel and operations.  Furthermore, the key personnel of the acquired company may decide not to work for us.  If we make other types of acquisitions, we could have difficulty in assimilating the acquired technology or products into our operations.  These difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees and increase our expenses.  We may have to incur debt, write-off software development costs or other

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assets, incur severance liabilities, or issue equity securities to pay for any future acquisitions.  The issuance of equity securities in connection with such acquisitions could dilute our existing stockholders’ ownership.

          We cannot assure that we will be successful in overcoming these or any other significant risks encountered in any acquisition we may make.  The failure to achieve the anticipated benefits of these or any future acquisitions, or to successfully integrate the acquired operations, could harm our business and results of operations.

Our Products May Suffer From Defects or Errors That May Subject Us to Product Returns and Product Liability Claims.

          Our products have contained in the past, and may contain in the future, undetected or unresolved errors when first introduced or when new versions are released.  Despite our extensive testing, errors, defects, or failures are possible in our current or future products or enhancements.  If such defects occur after commencement of commercial shipments, the following may happen:

          Significant delays in meeting deadlines for announced product introductions, or enhancements or performance problems with such products, could undermine customer confidence in our products, which would harm our customer relationships as well. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on our business.

          Our agreements with our distributors and direct customers typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to potential product liability claims.  However, it is possible that the limitation of liability provisions contained in our agreements may not be effective or adequate under the laws of certain jurisdictions.  It is also possible that our errors and omissions insurance may be inadequate to cover any potential product liability claim. Although we have not experienced any product liability claims to date, the sale and support of our products entails the risk of such claims, and it is possible that we will be subject to such claims in the future.  A successful product liability claim brought against us could harm our business. 

A Longer Than Expected Sales Cycle May Affect Our Revenues and Operating Results.

          The sale of our broadband digital access products averages approximately four to twelve months in the case of service providers, but can take significantly longer in the case of RBOCs and other end-users.  This process is often subject to delays over which we have little or no control, including (1) a distributor’s or a service provider’s budgetary constraints, (2) distributor or service provider internal acceptance reviews, (3) the success and continued internal support of a service provider’s own development efforts, and (4) the possibility of cancellation or delay of projects by distributors or service providers.  In addition, as service providers have matured and grown larger, their purchase process may have become more institutionalized, and thus it may become increasingly difficult, and may require more of our time and effort, to gain the initial acceptance and final adoption of our products by these end-users.  Although we attempt to develop our products with the goal of facilitating the time to market of our service provider’s products, the timing of the commercialization of a new distributor or service provider applications or services based on our products is primarily dependent on the success and timing of a service provider’s own internal deployment program.  Delays in purchases of our products can also be caused by late deliveries by other vendors, changes in implementation priorities, and slower than anticipated growth in demand for our products.  A delay in, or a cancellation of, the sale of our products could harm our business and cause our results of operations to vary significantly from quarter to quarter.

We Must Keep Pace with Rapid Technological Change to Remain Competitive.

          The communications marketplace is characterized by (1) rapidly changing technology, (2) evolving industry standards, (3) changes in end-user requirements, and (4) frequent new product introductions and enhancements, each of which may render our existing products obsolete.  We expect that new packet-based technologies will emerge as competition in the communications industry increases and the need for higher volume and more cost efficient transmission equipment expands.  Industry standards for multi-service digital access equipment and technology are still evolving.  The introduction of products embodying new technologies or the emergence of new industry standards can render existing products obsolete or unmarketable.  For example, if the business market were to broadly adopt telecommunications equipment based on cable modems or cable telephony, sales of our existing or future products could be significantly diminished.  As standards and technologies evolve, we will be required to modify our products or develop and support new versions of our products.  The failure of our products to comply, or delays in achieving compliance, with the various existing and evolving industry standards could harm sales of our current products or delay introduction of our future products.

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Failure to Meet Future Capital Needs May Adversely Affect Our Business.

          We require substantial working capital to fund our business.  As of December 31, 2002, we had approximately $25.7 million dollars in cash and short-term investments.  We believe that such cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated by operations, if any, will be sufficient to meet our capital requirements for at least the next twelve months.  However, our capital requirements depend on several factors, including the rate of market acceptance of our products, the ability to expand our client base, the growth of sales and marketing, and other factors.  If capital requirements vary materially from those currently planned, we may require additional financing sooner than anticipated.  If additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, stockholders may experience additional dilution, or such equity securities may have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to those of the holders of our common stock.  Additional financing may not be available when needed on terms favorable to us or at all.  If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to develop or enhance our services, take advantage of future opportunities, or respond to competitive pressures, which could harm our business.

Continued Expansion of the Market for Communications Services is Necessary for Our Future Growth.

          Our success will also depend on continued growth in the market for communications services.  The global communications marketplace is evolving, and it is difficult to predict our potential size or future growth rate.  We cannot assure you that this market will continue to grow.  Moreover, increased regulation may present barriers to the sales of existing or future products.  If this market fails to grow or grows more slowly or in a different direction than we currently anticipate, our business would be harmed.  In the last five quarters, adverse changes and economic conditions had a negative impact on the market for communications services.  If the current economic slowdown continues or worsens, the market for communications services will continue to be affected, which would subsequently have an adverse effect on our business.

Our Failure to Adequately Protect Our Proprietary Rights May Adversely Affect Us.

          We rely primarily on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual restrictions, to establish and protect our proprietary rights.  As of December 31, 2002, we have been issued a total of nine U.S. patents and had 23 U.S. patents pending.  We have 11 U.S. trademark applications pending and have nine trademarks registered.  We have entered into confidentiality agreements with our employees and consultants, and non-disclosure agreements with our suppliers, customers, and distributors in order to limit access to and disclosure of our proprietary information.  However, such measures may not be adequate to deter and prevent misappropriation of our technologies or independent third-party development of similar technologies.  Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use trade secrets or other information that we regard as proprietary.  Furthermore, we may be subject to additional risks as we enter into transactions in foreign countries where intellectual property laws do not protect our proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the U.S.  Based on the costs of obtaining foreign protection for our intellectual property as contrasted with the potential unenforceability of any such foreign protections, we suspended our activities related to obtaining international trademark and patent registrations. We cannot assure you that our competitors will not independently develop similar or superior technologies or duplicate any technology that we have.  Any such events could harm our business.

          The telecommunications industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent litigation based on allegations of patent infringement.  As the number of entrants in our markets increases and the functionality of our products is enhanced and overlaps with the products of other companies, we may become subject to claims of infringement or misappropriation of the intellectual property rights of others.  From time to time, third parties may assert patent, copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights to technologies that are important to us.  We have no assurance that any future claims, if determined adversely to us, would not harm our business.  In our distribution, resale and OEM agreements, we agree to indemnify distributors and service provider customers for any expenses or liabilities resulting from claimed infringements of patents, trademarks, or copyrights of third parties.  In certain limited instances, the amount of such indemnities may be greater than the net revenue we may have received from the distributor.

          In the event litigation is required to determine the validity of any third-party claims, such litigation, whether or not determined in our favor, could result in significant expense to us, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, or cause product shipment delays.  In the event of an adverse ruling in any litigation, we might be required to discontinue the use and sale of infringing products, expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology, or obtain licenses from third parties.  In the event of a claim or litigation against us, or our failure to develop or license a substitute technology on commercially reasonable terms, our business could be harmed.

Our Stock Price Has Been Highly Volatile.

          The market price of our common stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, subject to fluctuations in response to variations in operating results, announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors, changes in financial

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estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, regulatory developments, and other events or factors.  In addition, the stock market in general, and the market prices of equity securities of many high technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price fluctuations, which often have been unrelated to the operating performance of such companies.  These broad market fluctuations may harm the market price of our common stock.  Our stock price and the stock market in general have been particularly volatile in recent quarters and may continue to be volatile in the future.

We are Controlled by a Small Number of Stockholders.

          The members of our Board of Directors and executive officers, together with members of their families and entities that may be deemed affiliates of or related to such persons or entities, beneficially own approximately 57% of our outstanding shares of common stock.  In particular, Mr. Koenig and Ms. Pierce, each a Director and our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary and Corporate Development Officer respectively, are married and together beneficially own approximately 56% of our outstanding shares of common stock.  Accordingly, these two stockholders are able to elect all members of our Board of Directors and determine the outcome of all corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, such as mergers and acquisitions.  This level of ownership by such persons and entities may delay, defer, or prevent a change in control and may harm the voting and other rights of other holders of our common stock.

If We Are Unable to Maintain Our Nasdaq National Market Listing, the Liquidity of Our Common Stock Could Be Seriously Impaired.

          The Nasdaq National Market (“Nasdaq”) requires companies trading on that exchange to meet certain continued listing requirements.  Among other things, a Nasdaq-traded company’s  stock price must not close below the minimum bid price closing requirement of one dollar for thirty (30) consecutive trading days.  Additionally, the market value of a Nasdaq-traded company’s publicly held shares must not fall below a minimum of $5,000,000 for thirty (30) consecutive trading days.

          On August 30, 2002, we received notice from Nasdaq that our common stock had failed to maintain Nasdaq’s minimum bid price closing requirement of $1.00 for thirty (30) consecutive trading days.  The notice also informed us that if we were unable to demonstrate compliance with this requirement by maintaining a closing bid price of at least $1.00 for ten (10) consecutive trading days during the ninety (90) calendar days ending November 29, 2002, our common stock may be subject to delisting from Nasdaq.   We received a Nasdaq Staff Determination on December 6, 2002, which indicated that we failed to comply with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement for continued listing as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5).  Accordingly, our securities are subject to delisting from Nasdaq.  We subsequently requested and were granted a hearing before a Nasdaq Listing Qualification’s Panel (the “Panel”) to appeal the determination and to be granted an exception to the minimum bid price requirement.  On February 13, 2003, the Panel determined to continue the listing of our securities on Nasdaq until April 14, 2003.  On March 26, 2003, the Panel extended the period in which we must comply with the minimum bid price requirement to June 24, 2003. Accordingly, if by June 24, 2003, we have not maintained a minimum bid price of $1.00 for ten consecutive business days, or if certain proposed rules relating to extended periods for complying with the minimum bid price requirement have not been adopted, it is possible that our common stock will be delisted from the Nasdaq National Market.

          On September 24, 2002, we received notice from Nasdaq that the market value of publicly held shares had fallen below the minimum of $5,000,000 for thirty (30) consecutive trading days.  The notice also informed us that if we were unable to demonstrate compliance with this requirement by maintaining a market value of a minimum of $5,000,000 for ten (10) consecutive trading days during the ninety (90) calendar days ending December 23, 2002, our common stock may be subject to delisting from Nasdaq.  We requested that this determination be reviewed and retracted by the Nasdaq National Market and provided the Nasdaq with additional information to demonstrate our compliance with this listing requirement on November 12, 2002.  On December 6, 2002, we were notified by the Nasdaq National Market of our compliance with the minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(2).

          If our common stock is delisted from the Nasdaq National Market, it would limit the liquidity of our common stock and could limit our potential to raise future capital through sale of our common stock, which could harm our business.

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ITEM 2.      PROPERTIES

          Our principal administrative, sales and marketing, research and development, and support facilities consist of approximately 80,000 square feet of office space in Boulder, Colorado. We occupy these premises under a lease expiring December 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2002, the annual base rent for this facility was approximately $800,000. 

          We lease three other facilities in Boulder, Colorado. Approximately 7,500 square feet of space is our former office and is leased through June 30, 2007. We are seeking a sublease for this space.  We lease approximately 39,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space in a facility located outside of Boulder under a lease that expires on December 31, 2005.  We have a lease for a warehouse of approximately 57,000 square feet of space in Boulder, Colorado, which expires on November 22, 2005.  We are seeking a sublease for this space.

          In addition, we lease research and development facilities in two other states:  Oklahoma and Virginia.  Our space in Tulsa, Oklahoma, consists of approximately 18,000 square feet of space with an expiration date of April 30, 2005. We are currently occupying approximately 14,000 square feet of this space and are seeking a sublease for the remaining approximate 4,000 square feet. Our lease consists of approximately 17,000 square feet of space in Roanoke, Virginia, with an expiration date of November 30, 2007.  We are currently occupying approximately 7,000 square feet of this space and are seeking a sublease for the remaining approximate 10,000 square feet. 

          In October 2002, we closed a research and development facility in Camarillo, California.  The Camarillo lease consisted of approximately 14,500 square feet and expires on August 31, 2005.  We are currently seeking to sublease that space.

          We lease one small office for our field sales and support organization located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

          We believe that our current facilities are adequate to meet our needs through the next twelve months.  See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

ITEM 3.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

          On December 28, 2001, SCI, Inc., one of our manufacturers, filed a breach of contract claim for $4.5 million against us in Alabama Circuit Court based on an inventory-purchasing dispute.  On September 18, 2002, we settled this claim and entered into a manufacturing arrangement for our Broadmore product.  

          On August 16, 2002, SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Colorado filed a breach of contract claim, and other related claims,  for a total of $13.4 million against us in District Court, County of Adams, Colorado, based on an inventory-purchasing dispute.  On October 17, 2002, we filed a breach of contract counterclaim, and other related counterclaims, in District Court, County of Adams, Colorado for $1.0 million. On December 5, 2002, we amended our counterclaim to seek damages of $27.0 million.  We currently have insufficient information to make an estimate of the outcome of this litigation.  Therefore, no provision for any potential liability or asset that may result has been made in the consolidated financial statements. We intend to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

          We are involved in certain disputes and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business.  While it is not feasible to predict or determine the outcome of these proceedings, in our opinion, based on a review with legal counsel, none of these disputes and legal actions is expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.  However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.

ITEM 4.      SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

          No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2002.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

          The names, ages and positions of all our executive officers as of March 1, 2003 are listed below, followed by a brief summary of their business experience.  Executive officers are normally appointed annually by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the directors immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and serve until their successors are appointed. There are no family relationships among these officers, other than between Mr. Koenig and Ms. Pierce, who are married, or any arrangements or understandings between any officer and any other person pursuant to which an officer was selected.

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          Roger L. Koenig. Mr. Koenig has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our formation in September 1992.  Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Koenig served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Koenig Communications, Inc., an equipment systems integration and consulting firm.  Prior to founding Koenig Communications, Mr. Koenig held a number of positions with IBM/ROLM Europe, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, including that of Engineering Section Manager for Europe.  Mr. Koenig received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

          Nancy Pierce.  Ms. Pierce has served as Corporate Development Officer since April 2000.  Ms. Pierce has also served as Secretary and a Director since our formation in September 1992.  Ms. Pierce previously held the positions of Corporate Controller, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President-Finance and Administration and Treasurer with the Company. Prior to co-founding the Company, Ms. Pierce served as the Controller of Koenig Communications, Inc., a systems integration and consulting firm.  Prior to joining Koenig Communications, Inc., Ms. Pierce held positions at IBM Corporation and ROLM Corporation.  Ms. Pierce also serves as a director on the Board of Directors of Koala Corporation. She holds a B.S. degree from Colorado State University and an M.B.A. from California State University, Chico. In addition, Ms. Pierce holds an honorary doctorate degree in Commercial Science from St. Thomas Aquinas University.

          Timothy R. Anderson.  Mr. Anderson has served as Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration of Carrier Access since April 2000.  Mr. Anderson has served as the Vice President of Finance since July 1999.  Mr. Anderson previously held the position of our Corporate Controller from February 1996 to July 1999. Prior to joining Carrier Access, Mr. Anderson served as the Controller of RIK Medical LLC from September 1994 to February 1996.  Mr. Anderson received a B.S. in finance and an M.B.A. in accounting from the University of Colorado and is a Certified Management Accountant.

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ITEM 5.      MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

          (a) Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity.

          Our initial public offering was held on July 30, 1998 at a price of $12.00 per share. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CACS.” The table below sets forth the high and the low closing sales prices per share as reported on the Nasdaq National Market for the periods indicated.  

          On February 28, 2003, the last reported sale price of the Registrant’s common stock was $0.99 per share. As of February 28, 2003, there were approximately 100 record holders of our common stock. Because brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders hold many of our shares of common stock, we are unable to accurately estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. We have never declared cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain any earnings for use in our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

          The information required by this item regarding our equity compensation plans is set forth in Item 12 of this report.

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ITEM 6.      SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

          The selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The information set forth below should be read in connection with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Consolidated Financial Highlights

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ITEM 7.      MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

NOTICE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

          This Management’s Discussion and Analysis contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including forward-looking statements regarding future sales of our products to our customers, inventory levels, our anticipated product offerings, expectations regarding selling, general and administrative expenses, customer revenue mix, sources of revenue, gross margins, and operating costs and expenses.  In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue, “ or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. These statements are based on current expectations and projections about our industry and assumptions made by the management and are not guarantees of future performance. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, these expectations or any of the forward-looking statements could prove to be incorrect, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements.  Our future financial condition, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section in Item 1 of this report, as well as our other periodic reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or reasons why actual results may differ in this Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

          We were incorporated in September of 1992 as a successor company to Koenig Communications, Inc., an equipment systems integration and consulting company which had been in operation since 1986. In the summer of 1995, we ceased our systems integration and consulting business and commenced our main product sales with the introduction of the Access Bank products. In the fourth quarter of 1997, we began commercial deployment of our Wide Bank products and in January of 1999, we began commercial deployment of our Access Navigator products. In December of 1999, we began deployment of the first of our Adit products, and in October of 2000, we acquired the Broadmore products.  The Axxius product started commercial deployment in June of 2002.  Accordingly, we have only a limited operating history on which to base an evaluation of our business and prospects. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, uncertainties and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in an early stage of development, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets.

          Our net revenue is derived from the sales of broadband digital access equipment and accessories. Most of the sales of our products have historically been through distributors. Our distributors are responsible for warehousing products and fulfilling product orders as well as identifying potential service provider customers and, in some cases, customizing and integrating our products at end-users’ sites.  In addition, significant portions of the sales of our products are currently being made through direct sales, and reseller and OEM arrangements. 

          We believe that average selling prices and gross margins for our products will decline as such products mature, and as competition intensifies, among other factors.  In 2002, we reduced the price of our Wide Bank, Adit, and Access Bank products, and we expect to make further price reductions in 2003 with respect to certain Wide Bank, Adit, and Access Bank products. In addition, discounts to distributors, OEMs, and direct customers vary among product lines and are based on volume shipments, which affect gross margins. We believe our gross margins are likely to fluctuate based on production levels, product type and channel mix. Gross margins will also likely be reduced from time to time by new product introductions.

          In August of 2000, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Millennia for cash of approximately $2.1 million, 163,004 shares of common stock valued at approximately $7.3 million and the exchange of vested employee stock options valued at approximately $400,000 for total consideration of approximately $9.8 million.  Based on the purchase price allocation, approximately $9.8 million of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill and other intangible assets and was being amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from three to five years.  In the third quarter of 2002 an analysis of the value of the goodwill and other intangibles indicated that the value had been impaired, so we recorded an impairment charge of $7.1 million.

          In October of 2000, we acquired the ATM product lines of LNAS located in Roanoke, Virginia.  The new Carrier Access Broadmore product supplies OC-3c, DS-3, and T1/E1 services via broadband ATM service provisioning and management for commercial and government applications.  We acquired the product lines for cash of approximately $8.6 million. Based on the purchase price allocation, approximately $8.0 million was allocated to goodwill and other intangible assets that are being amortized on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from three to five years.  We review our goodwill annually for potential impairments, or more often if events or circumstances indicate a potential impariment may exist.  During the third quarter of 2001, the projected demand for the commercial version of the Broadmore product line decreased significantly.  As a result of such decline in demand, the Company determined that goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the acquisition were impaired and recorded an impairment charge of $4.2 million in the third quarter of 2001.  In the third quarter of 2002, continued decline in market demand indicated that an additional impairment was necessary and we recorded a charge of $1.9 million representing the remaining goodwill on this product line.

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          In December 2002, we completed a restructuring plan designed to reduce our expenses to be more in line with anticipated revenue.  Included in this plan were reductions in salary related expenses, facility closures or downsizing, and disposal of excess or unused assets.  As a result of these expense reductions, we took a charge in the fourth quarter 2002 of $2.8 million.  Our $2.8 million restructuring charge included $800,000 for the impairment for certain capitalized assets that were either abandoned or are no longer in use and are held for sale. The charge will result in an aggregate $2 million cash outlay.  We paid approximately $400,000 of this charge in the fourth quarter of 2002 and expect to pay $500,000 in the first quarter of 2003.  The remaining portion will be paid over the subsequent four quarters.

          Net Revenue and Cost of Sales

          For the year ended 2002, our net revenue decreased to $50.2 million from $100.7 million and $148.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The decreases in net revenue in 2001 and 2002 were due to decreases in the number of units of our products sold and price decreases in some of our products which were primarily caused by overall economic weakness and capital market constraints impacting telecommunication service providers and continued downturns in the telecommunications sector in 2002. A significant portion of our net revenue has been derived from a limited number of large orders, and we believe that this trend will continue in the future, especially if the percentage of direct sales to end-users increases.  Our net revenue continues to be affected by the timing and quantities of orders for our products which may vary from quarter to quarter in the future, as they have in the past, due to factors such as demand for our products, economic conditions, bankruptcies of our customers and distributors, ordering patterns of distributors, OEMs and other direct customers.  We believe that this trend could continue in the future, especially if the percentage of direct sales to end-users increases. The timing of customer orders and our ability to fulfill them can cause material fluctuations in our operating results and we anticipate that such fluctuations will occur in the future.

          During 2002, approximately half of our revenue was derived from the sales of our products through our distributors. Our success depends in part on the continued sales and customer support efforts of our network of distributors and increased sales to our direct customers. In 2002, Walker, a distributor, accounted for 16% of net revenue. We expect that the sale of our products will continue to be made to a small number of distributors. Accordingly, the loss of, or a reduction in sales to, any of our key distributors could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition to being dependent on a small number of distributors for a majority of our net revenue, we believe that our products are distributed to a limited number of service provider customers.  In 2002, one of these competitive carrier end-user customers, XO, accounted for 13% of our net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2002.  A decrease in sales to XO could have a material adverse effect on our business.  Although XO has completed restructuring its operations, it may not be in a position in the future to continue its current purchase levels.

          Cost of sales was $33.1 million for 2002 compared to $54.1 million for 2001, and $66.7 million for 2000. The decrease in 2002 was primarily attributable to decreased product shipments, partially influenced by cost reductions in existing product platforms, and partially offset charges taken in 2002 for slow moving and excess inventory.  In 2001, the decrease in cost of sales was primarily attributable to decreased product shipments, and was partially offset by charges taken that year for excess and slow moving inventory.

          Gross Margins

          Our gross profit for 2002 was $17.1 million, a decrease of $29.5 million from the gross profit of $46.6 million in 2001. Gross margin decreased to 34% in 2002 from 46% in 2001 and 55% in 2000. The decrease in gross margin was driven primarily by reduced revenues, charges taken for slow moving and excess inventory, as well as changes in product mix. Our gross margins vary among products. Gross margins were also impacted by lower production volumes, decreases in selling prices, and increased overhead expenses.  These decreases in gross margins in 2002 were partially offset by product cost reductions.  Gross profit in 2001 decreased $34.6 million from a gross profit of $81.3 million in 2000. This decrease was caused by the decreased shipments of our products and by charges taken for slow moving and excess inventory. 

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inventory.  New product introductions could also harm gross margins until production volumes increase.  We believe that average selling prices and gross margins for our products will decline as such products mature, as volume price discounts in distributor contracts and direct sales relationships take effect, and as competition intensifies, among other factors. For example, the average selling price for the Wide Bank products and Adit products have decreased in the past two years.  These decreases were due to unfavorable general economic conditions and the introduction of competitive products.  In addition, discounts to distributors vary among product lines and are based on volume shipments, each of which affects gross margins.  As a result, we believe that our gross margins are likely to fluctuate in the future based on product mix and channel mix.  Furthermore, gross margins will likely be reduced from time to time as a result of new product introductions by our competitors and us.

          Research and Development Expenses

          Research and development expenses decreased to $23.5 million in 2002 from $33.2 million in 2001. This decrease of $9.7 million was primarily due to reduced personnel and, to a lesser extent, reduced expenditures for prototyping and regulatory compliance.  Research and development expenses increased from $28.7 million in 2000 to $33.2 million for 2001. This increase of $4.5 million was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of personnel engaged in the development of new products, specifically the Adit 600 and Adit 105 products, the acquisition of two research and development facilities in Roanoke, Virginia and personnel added for enhancing our existing products.  We expect the amount of research and development expenses to decrease in 2003 as a result of our fourth quarter 2002 restructuring.

          Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

          Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $45.6 million in 2002 from $40.0 million in 2001.   Sales and marketing expense decreases reflect the effect of downsizing and restructuring.  In addition, there was decreased marketing activity in customer support, advertising, and trade shows. General and administrative expenses increased in 2002 due to charges taken for bad debt reserves and a charge related to a settlement for an inventory-purchasing dispute.  We implemented a restructuring plan in the fourth quarter of 2002, and anticipate that as a result, selling, general and administrative expenses will slightly decrease over the next few quarters.  Selling, general and administrative expenses including goodwill amortization and asset impairment charge increased to 91% of revenue in 2002 from 40% of revenue in 2001.

          For the year ended 2001, selling, general and administrative expense increased $11.2 million to $40.0 million.  Marketing expense increases reflected increased hiring and marketing activity with respect to the introduction of the Access Navigator, Adit 600 and Adit 105 products, customer support, advertising and trade shows.  The increase in sales expenses was the result of our expanded sales activities and an increase in the size of the sales force and a corresponding increase in sales salaries and bonuses.  General and administrative expenses increased in 2001, in part, due to the amortization of goodwill and other intangibles related to the acquisitions of Millennia and the ATM product lines from LNAS as well as because of asset impairment charges of $4.2 million related to goodwill. 

          Stock-Based Compensation

          As discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we account for our stock-based compensation plans in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. During 1997 and the six months ended June 30, 1998, we granted options to employees with exercise prices less than the fair market value per share based upon our previous preferred stock offerings and the estimated price per share in the initial public offering. Accordingly, we recorded deferred compensation expenses totaling approximately $3.1 million.   In connection with the acquisition of Millennia, we granted options with exercise prices below the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the grant.  We

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recorded deferred compensation expense totaling approximately $877,000 for these stock options.  Compensation expense is  recognized over the 48-month vesting period of the options. Compensation expense totaled approximately $497,000, $449,000, and $199,000, for 2000, 2001, and 2002, respectively.  At December 31, 2002, the unamortized balance of the deferred compensation charge was $64,642.  It is our intention to grant future stock options with exercise prices equal to the fair value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.

          Interest and Other Income

          Interest and other income decreased to $714,000 in 2002 from $1.6 million in 2001. This decrease of $921,000 was due to interest income earned on lower cash and cash equivalent balances as well as lower interest rates. Interest and other income decreased to $1.6 million in 2001 from $3.5 million in 2000, due primarily to lower interest income earned on lower cash and cash equivalent balances.

          Income Taxes

          For 2002, our effective combined federal and state income tax rate was (2%), compared to an income tax rate of 41.6% for 2001.  In the second quarter of 2002, we determined that it was not more likely than not, based on our recent taxable losses, projections of future taxable income and the reversal of deferred tax liabilities, that our deferred tax assets would be realized.  As a result, we recorded a valuation allowance of $12.8 million on our deferred tax assets.  We recorded an additional valuation allowance of $4.3 million in the second half of 2002 to reduce the additional deferred tax assets generated during that period.  In both 2001 and 2000, we realized a tax benefit from research and experimentation tax credits, which increased the effective rate of the tax benefit in 2001, and reduced the effective rate of our tax expense in 2000. We had a combined income tax rate in 2000 of 30.8%.  See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

          Cash Flows

          Net cash used by operating activities totaled $9.2 million in 2002 and $10.8 million in 2001. Our increased net loss in 2002, and cash spent to decrease accounts payable and accrued compensation payable, were substantially offset by decreases in our accounts receivable and inventory. Cash used by operating activities in 2001 was primarily due to cash spent to increase inventory and decrease accounts payable. Our cash balances were further reduced in 2001 as a result of our net loss.

          Cash used by investing activities was $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2002, compared to cash provided of $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Cash used by investing activities in 2002 was primarily the result of purchase of property and equipment, partially offset by the maturity of available for sale securities. Sales and dispositions of property and equipment for 2002 resulted in net cash provided of $2.6 millioncompared to a cash outflow of $5.0 millionfor purchases of equipment to support research, development, and manufacturing activities for 2001. We believe our current facilities and equipment are sufficient to meet our current operating requirements. 

          Cash provided by financing activities was approximately $14,000 for 2002 and $56,000 for 2001. Cash provided by financing activities in 2002 and 2001 was primarily due to the exercise of stock options.

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          Our inventory levels decreased to approximately $24.1 million at December 31, 2002 from approximately $36.5 million at December 31, 2001.  The decrease was due to reduced purchasing in 2002 as we sold some of the inventory we had on hand to satisfy customer orders instead of producing new goods.  We anticipate that inventory levels will continue to decline in 2003 due to continued low purchasing levels.  We believe that our inventory reserves are appropriate.

          Liquidity

          To date, we have funded our operations primarily through cash generated from operations and sales of common and preferred stock.

          At December 31, 2002, our principal sources of liquidity included cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities available for sale of approximately $25.7 million compared to $36.6 million at December 31, 2001.  At December 31, 2001, our working capital was approximately $91.6 million and decreased to $57.2 million at December 31, 2002. We also have an income tax receivable of $7.0 million at December 31, 2002, that we believe we will receive in the second quarter of 2003.  We have no significant capital spending or purchase commitments other than those discussed below. See Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

          We believe that our existing cash and investment balances are adequate to fund our projected working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. Because our operating results fluctuate significantly due to decreases in customer demand or decreases in the acceptances of our future products, we may continue to be unable to generate positive cash flow from operations.  Should the need arise, it may become necessary to borrow additional funds or otherwise raise additional capital.  However, we cannot assure you that additional funds or capital will be available to us in adequate amounts or with reasonably acceptable terms. We may consider using our capital to make strategic investments or to acquire or license technology or products. We may also enter into strategic alliances with third parties that could provide access to additional capital. Any such activities could require us to obtain additional financing.

          Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

          We have obligations under certain operating lease commitments.  The future rent obligations as of December 31, 2002, under these commitments are as follows: $2.3 million for one year, $4.6 million for two to three years,  $2.9 million for four to five years, and $487,000 after five years, respectively.  In addition, as of December 31, 2002, we have an outstanding commitment to purchase $6 million of parts inventory from one of our contract manufacturers within the first half of 2003.  We have no minimum cash requirements, debt obligations or other contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2002.

Critical Accounting Policies

          Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.  The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue and product returns, inventory valuations, allowance for doubtful accounts, intangible assets, deferred income taxes and warranty reserves.  We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.  We consider the following accounting areas to have the most significant impact on the reported financial results and financial position of our company. Also, see Note 1 to Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of our significant accounting policies.

          Revenue Recognition.  We recognize revenue from product sales at the time of shipment and passage of title using guidance from SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements.”  In addition, we also offer certain of our customers the right to return products for a limited time after shipment as part of a stock rotation.  We estimate what future stock rotation returns may occur based upon actual historical return rates and reduce our revenue by these estimated returns.  If future returns exceed our estimates, revenue could be further reduced.  In addition, modifications to generally accepted accounting principles could result in unanticipated changes in our revenue recognition policies and such changes could significantly affect future revenue and results of operations.

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market conditions are less favorable than our estimates, then additional inventory write-downs may be required.

          Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.  We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and adjust open account status based upon payment history and the customer’s current creditworthiness, as determined by our review of current credit information.  We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers and maintain a provision for estimated credit losses based upon the age of outstanding invoices and any specific customer collection issues that we have identified.  While such credit losses have historically been within our expectations and the provisions established, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same credit loss rates that we have in the past.  Because our accounts receivable are concentrated in a relatively few number of customers, a significant change in the liquidity or financial position of any one of these customers could have a material adverse impact on our ability to collect our accounts receivables and on our future operating results.

          Valuation of Intangible Assets. We regularly evaluate the potential impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets from our purchase business acquisitions.  In assessing whether the value of our goodwill and other intangibles has been impaired, we must make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors to determine the fair value of these assets.  If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record additional impairment charges.

          Deferred Income Taxes.  We account for our deferred tax assets pursuant to SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”  (“SFAS No. 109”). Under SFAS No. 109, a deferred tax asset is recognized for temporary differences that will result in tax deductions in future years and for tax credit carryforwards. Current income tax expense (benefit) represents actual or estimated amounts payable or receivable on tax return filings each year.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and amount reported in the accompanying balance sheets, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.  The change in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period measure the deferred tax provision or benefit for the period.  Effects of changes in enacted tax laws on deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected as adjustments to the tax provision or benefit in the period of enactment.  A valuation allowance is required under SFAS No. 109 to reduce deferred tax assets if management cannot conclude that realization of such assets is more likely than not at the balance sheet date. 

          Warranty Reserves.  We offer warranties of various lengths to our customers depending on the specific product and the terms of our customer purchase agreements.  Our standard warranties require us to repair or replace defective product returned to us during the warranty period at no cost to the customer.  We record an estimate for warranty related costs based on our actual historical return rates and repair costs at the time of sale.  On an on-going basis, management reviews these estimates against actual expenses and makes adjustments when necessary.  While our warranty costs have historically been within our expectations and the provisions established, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same warranty return rates or repair costs that we have in the past.  A significant increase in products return rates or the costs to repair our products could have a material adverse impact on our operating results.

          Off Balance Sheet Arrangements.  We have no off balance sheet arrangements.

          Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

          In April 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections.  SFAS No. 145 updates, clarifies and simplifies existing accounting pronouncements.  SFAS No. 145 rescinds Statement 4, which required all gains and losses from extinguishments of debt to be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of related income tax effect.  As a result, the criteria in Opinion 30 will now be used to classify those gains and losses.  Statement 64 amended Statement 4, and is no longer necessary because Statement 4 has been rescinded.  Statement 44 was issued to establish accounting requirements for the effects of transition to the provisions of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980.  Because the transition is complete, Statement 44 is no longer necessary.  SFAS No. 145 amends Statement 13 to require that certain lease modifications that have economic effects similar to sale-leaseback transactions are accounted for in the same manner as sale-leaseback transactions.  This amendment is consistent with the FASB’s goal of requiring similar accounting treatment for transactions that have similar economic effects.  SFAS No. 145 also makes technical corrections to existing pronouncements.  SFAS No. 145 is effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002 with early adoption of the provisions related to the rescission of Statement 4 encouraged.  We expect that the provisions of SFAS No. 145 will not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and financial position upon adoption.  We plan to adopt SFAS No. 145 effective January 1, 2003.

          In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.  SFAS No. 146 supercedes EITF Issue 94-3.  Under Issue 94-3, a liability for an exit cost as defined in Issue 94-3 was recognized at the date of an entity’s commitment to an exit plan.  This Statement eliminates the definition and requirements for recognition of exit costs in Issue 94-3, and concludes that an entity’s commitment to a plan, by itself, does not create a present obligation to others that meets the definition of a liability.  This Statement requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred.  This Statement also establishes that fair value is the objective for initial measurement of the liability.  The Company is required to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 146 to exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002.  The adoption of this statement is expected to impact the timing of expenses in future periods should the Company commit to

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additional exit or disposal activities. 

          In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123.  This Statement provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.  In addition, this Statement amends the disclosure requirements of Statement 123 to require more prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results.  The Company is currently evaluating whether or not it will adopt the fair value based method, and accordingly has not determined the impact that this standard will have on its financial position or results of operations.  The Company has adopted the expanded disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 148 in these financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002.

          In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. Interpretation No. 45 elaborates on the disclosures made by a guarantor in its interim and annual financial statements about its obligations under certain guarantees that it has issued. It also clarifies that a guarantor is required to recognize, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee.  This interpretation does not prescribe a specific approach for subsequently measuring the guarantor’s recognized liability over the term of the related guarantee.  This interpretation also incorporates, without change, the guidance in FASB Interpretation No. 34, Disclosure of Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, which is being superseded. The Company is required to apply the provisions of Interpretation No. 45 to exit or guarantees that are initiated or modified after December 31, 2002.  We believe the adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of its operations.  This statement also requires expanded disclosures for certain types of obligations not covered by the accounting provisions of this interpretation, such as warranty obligations.  The Company has adopted these disclosure requirements in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002.

          In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. Interpretation No. 46 is an interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, and addresses consolidation by business enterprises of variable interest entities. This interpretation requires existing unconsolidated variable interest entities to be consolidated by their primary beneficiaries if the entities do not effectively disperse risks among parties involved.  Variable interest entities that effectively disperse risks will not be consolidated unless a single party holds an interest or combination of interests that effectively recombines risks that were previously dispersed.   The Company is required to apply the provisions of Interpretation No. 45 to variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003.  We believe the adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of its operations.

ITEM 7A.      QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

          Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows due to adverse changes in financial and commodity market prices and interest rates.  Historically, and as of December 31, 2002, we have had little or no exposure to market risk in the area of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates as measured against the United States dollar.  Historically, and as of December 31, 2002, we have not used derivative instruments or engaged in hedging activities.

ITEM 8.      CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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Independent Auditors’ Report

The Board of Directors
Carrier Access Corporation:

          We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Carrier Access Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Carrier Access Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

          We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

          In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Carrier Access Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2002, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

          As discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, Carrier Access Corporation adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” effective January 1, 2002.

KPMG LLP

Boulder, Colorado
January 20, 2003

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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share information)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000, 2001, AND 2002
(In thousands)