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CALIENT Technologies Appoints Daniel Scharre as CEO

Provider of DiamondWave® Products

San Jose, CA August 20, 2007 — CALIENT Technologies, a leading supplier of intelligent fiber management systems, announced that Daniel L. Scharre has been appointed CEO, effective August 13, 2007. Scharre has had a distinguished career in the development and deployment of broadband telecommunications equipment and systems and joins CALIENT following an extensive search.

Scharre in his 20 years of telecommunications experience has held CEO positions at Loea Corporation, Larscom, and Adaptive Broadband, and prior to that, senior executive positions at Comstream, Loral and others. Scharre holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Santa Clara University, and previously served on the faculty at Stanford University. “This wealth of experience, education and leadership make Dan the ideal candidate to lead CALIENT to its next level of success,” said George Schmitt, CALIENT Board Member and Managing Director at TeleSoft Partners.

“CALIENT, with it’s recently introduced DiamondWave® FiberConnect, is poised for significant growth as intelligent fiber optic cross-connect systems increasingly revolutionize the way service providers manage their networks and respond to the demands for video services and the ‘social networking’ phenomenon,” said Scharre. “CALIENT is capturing customer interest with its solid technology and I am excited to be joining this industry leader,” he continued.

CALIENT also announced the promotion of Kevin Welsh to President and Chief Operating Officer. Welsh had stepped in as interim CEO while the search for a permanent CEO was ongoing. He will continue to provide leadership to the company and day-to-day management of operations and manufacturing. “I am extremely pleased that CALIENT will retain the knowledge and skills possessed by Kevin and I personally want to thank him for his outstanding stewardship of the company,” said Scharre.

About CALIENT Technologies
CALIENT Technologies is a leader in fiber optic cross-connect systems (FOCS). The company addresses critical access network and central office fiber deployment challenges faced by service providers, government agencies and optical network equipment providers. CALIENT's cost-shattering DiamondWave® systems make dynamic fiber management inexpensive and reliable, lower operations expenses and enable new revenue-generating optical services at the speed of the market. Shipping DiamondWave® products to production networks since 2002, CALIENT has one of the largest installed fiber switch bases worldwide. The company provides its cost and performance benefits to the highly demanding access, backhaul, and central office fiber management markets. CALIENT is headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional engineering and manufacturing operations in Santa Barbara, California.

CALIENT, CALIENT Technologies, the CALIENT Technologies logo and DiamondWave are registered trademarks of CALIENT Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other marks used in this press release are the property of their respective owner.

Media contact for CALIENT Technologies:
J.P. Diestel
Director Marketing
CALIENT Technologies
408 972-3600