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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (10539)	3/1/2001 5:12:24 PM
From: James Fulop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

>>Does Ciena have any optical ethernet contracts?<< PROTEL TO LIGHT NEW OPTICAL INTERNET ACROSS MEXICO WITH INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SOLUTIONS FROM CIENA Protel Plans To Broaden Service Portfolio With Retail Gigabit Ethernet Services and Wholesale Wavelength Offerings Enabled By New CIENA-Built Optical Network FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEXICO CITY and LINTHICUM, Md. , August 23, 2000 – Operadora Protel, S.A. de C.V., a leading Mexican telecommunications and Internet service provider, and CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), a global leader in intelligent optical networking, today announced plans for Protel to deploy one of Mexico's most advanced and highest capacity optical backbone networks using systems from CIENA's LightWorks™ product family. With CIENA as Protel's supplier of intelligent optical networking systems, Protel is building the foundation for the Intelligent Optical Internet in which its IP and optical networks will converge to create a highly scalable platform for delivering next-generation services across Mexico, including gigabit Ethernet services and wholesale wavelength services. Protel's optimized network will connect 17 Mexican cities with high-capacity virtual fibers and will help eliminate costly signal conversions from IP to SONET/SDH. Protel expects to begin deploying CIENA's long-haul optical transport systems in September and intends to have its new optical backbone operational in the fourth calendar quarter of 2000. "Network traffic within Mexico and between Mexico and the United States continues to grow exponentially. Protel is taking action to optimize our network's capabilities, reliability and cost-effectiveness to meet user demand and to exceed customer expectations," said Salvador Alarcon, Protel's Vice President of International Operations. "By partnering with CIENA to build a next-generation optical network across Mexico, we are laying the groundwork for delivering entirely new services to the Mexican market and creating new opportunities for Protel while controlling network operations costs." "When evaluating the best ways to solve our network challenges, CIENA clearly demonstrated immediate operational advantages, and with this agreement, Protel is committed to providing new customer-driven service offerings based on industry-leading technology," said Pablo Ruiz Galindo, Protel's CEO. "With CIENA, we have found new and exciting business opportunities, and a new approach to our customers that will enable us to create new lines of revenue." Representing the first network deployment for CIENA in Latin America, Protel will use CIENA's intelligent optical transport systems and network management software to optimize its existing fiber-optic network, to create new virtual networks, and to better manage network availability and efficiency of its new service offerings. "CIENA is assisting Protel to maximize the value of its existing facilities and to leverage the most advanced networking technologies for delivering new services like gigabit Ethernet and wavelength services to the Mexican market," said M. Arely Castellón, CIENA's Vice President and General Manager, Latin America. "With its CIENA-built network, Protel is putting in place the next-generation infrastructure that creates competitive and economic advantages for itself and for its customers." ciena.com KOREA TELECOM AND CIENA UNVEIL LARGEST ASIAN DEPLOYMENT OF INTELLIGENT OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKING CIENA Continues International Growth, Expands Market Presence In Asia By Supplying Metro Gear to Korea's Leading Service Provider FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINTHICUM, MD , September 25, 2000 – CIENA Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) today announced that Korea Telecom has selected CIENA's MultiWave Metro™ for what is believed to be the largest Asian deployment of intelligent optical transport systems for metropolitan area networking. Korea Telecom will use CIENA's Metro systems across seven metropolitan fiber rings throughout Korea, including the capital city of Seoul. MultiWave Metro will be used primarily to support Korea's rapid growth in Internet and data network traffic. CIENA's Metro gear will enable Korea Telecom to deliver to more customers a mix of current services such as SONET and new services such as Gigabit Ethernet by providing the required intelligent network capacity, performance monitoring and optical service protection. "This is a significant deployment in the metropolitan optical networking space," said Matt Walker, Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, at telecommunications market research firm RHK. "We expect to see Asia's metro optical networking market continue to develop in the coming years. Korea Telecom's deployment expands CIENA's customer base with major Asian service providers, which positions CIENA well for future growth in Asia. Korea Telecom chose CIENA's MultiWave Metro system after extensive trials with five vendors. "As the first optical supplier to transport Gigabit Ethernet traffic over a live multi-wavelength carrier network, we now are leveraging that technology leadership in metropolitan area networking as we expand into new markets such as Korea," said Patrick Nettles, president and CEO of CIENA. "In addition to our proven experience in building carrier-class intelligent optical networks, CIENA's ability to support customers with a truly global infrastructure is helping us win international accounts." ciena.com