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San Jose, Calif., September 3, 2003 – Calient Networks, a leading provider of intelligent photonic switching systems, has been invited to speak at the annual National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC). This year’s event will be held in Orlando, Florida from September 7 – 11, 2003.

When: Thursday, September 11, 2003, 7:30 – 10:00 AM
What: Session E7: Physical Transport – Low-Loss, Transparent Photonic Cross-Connect for Flexible Networks
Where: Room 414 A/B
Who: Dr. John Bowers, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

Show attendees are invited to visit the Calient exhibit, booth 1145 at the Orange County Convention Center. The company will show its award-winning DiamondWave 128 and newly-announced PX‘ Switching Subsystem.

See separate release today for details on the PX Photonic Switching Subsystem.

About Calient Networks
Calient Networks is a leading provider of intelligent, photonic switching systems and software that help service providers scale their networks for explosive bandwidth demands and deliver new wavelength services. Calient’s DiamondWave™ switching system and GMPLS-powered networking innovations provide a seamless, ‘opto-electronic-to-photonic’ migration path that is non-disruptive to legacy operations, highly cost-effective, and an enabler to revenue-generating optical services. Calient is shipping its DiamondWave PXC systems and PX switching subsystems to production networks, labs and OEMs worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. Additional engineering and manufacturing operations are located in Santa Barbara, California, while MEMS design and fabrication operations are located in Ithaca, New York. For additional information about Calient, visit www.calient.net.

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