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To: James Fulop who wrote (7909)	1/13/2000 1:26:00 PM
From: Jumper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

>>you have become the first poster I will now ignore on SI.<< While your at it - hit the ignore button on your quote screen as well. Best of Luck

To: James Fulop who wrote (7909)	1/20/2000 8:17:00 AM
From: James Fulop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

CIENA TO PROVIDE OPTICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE GLOBAL CROSSING NETWORK BUSINESS EDITORS LINTHICUM, MD.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JAN. 20, 2000--CIENA CORPORATION (NASDAQ: CIEN) TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL SUPPLY LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000--CIENA Corporation (Nasdaq: CIEN.O) today announced that it will supply intelligent optical transport solutions for the Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GBLX.O) network. Under an existing contract with Racal Telecom, which was acquired by Global Crossing in November, the carrier has purchased CIENA MultiWave Sentry(TM) systems for the expansion of its UK network to support regional and international Global Crossing customer traffic. "Our strategy is to significantly accelerate the availability of high-speed data services to corporate customers, and rapid provisioning is essential for meeting our customers' expectations," said Bob Falconer, director of networks for Global Crossing in the UK. "The software intelligence that CIENA builds into its systems enables us to automatically scale the network and turn-up new routes. To us, that means getting service to customers faster than ever." Proprietary SmartSpan(TM) software embedded in each of CIENA's optical transport systems automates span provisioning and management for real-time bandwidth delivery. CIENA's optical networking intelligence enables carriers such as Global Crossing to speed their time-to-market for valuable data services while dramatically pushing down network operations costs. "With our philosophy of providing customers with increments of capacity on demand, we believe that a faster response time is required to satisfy growth in network traffic, and CIENA's solutions help us meet this challenge," Falconer said. "Making further network enhancements with CIENA solutions is the latest move in Global Crossing's drive to become the worldwide leader in data, voice, Internet and e-commerce services," said Patrick Nettles, CIENA's president and chief executive officer. "We're pleased that CIENA is a part of that strategy. The value that we bring to the network will be measured not only in capital and operations savings, but also in helping Global Crossing maximize its opportunities within the vast market for data services." With CIENA LightWorks(TM), a next-generation intelligent network architecture, CIENA is giving a competitive edge to carriers around the world by helping them transition from complex legacy networks, thereby significantly reducing future network operations costs. LightWorks extends integrated capabilities in optical transport, core switching and multi-service access technologies through embedded software intelligence across the optical network. ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX.O) is building and offering services over the world's first global fiber optic network with 97,200 announced route miles, serving five continents, 24 countries and more than 200 major cities. The Global Crossing Network and its telecommunications and Internet product offerings will be available to over 80% of the world's international communications traffic. Global Crossing hosts more than 300 of the top Internet brands at its web hosting division, GlobalCenter. Among the brands are some of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web, including Yahoo!, The Motley Fool, Ziff Davis, MP3.com and eToys. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with principal offices in Los Angeles, California; London, England; Morristown, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. ABOUT CIENA CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of telecommunications networks worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at ciena.com. dljdirect.com