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To: Gigi Snyder who wrote (6426)	2/15/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: KS	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NEWS<<<<<<<<<<<< Monday February 15, 09:00 AM Eastern time Company Press Release CIENA Inciting Telecomm Revolution LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 1999-- The View from the Front Line -- OFC Booth No. 901 Visitors to the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference '99 at the San Diego Convention Center from Feb. 23 - 25, will witness the comprehensive strategy and array of revolutionary products that CIENA Corp.(NASDAQ:CIEN) and its industry partners have coordinated to advance the transformation of the telecommunications infrastructure. As leaders in this transformation, representatives from Enron Communications, GST Telecommunications and Sprint will be at CIENA's Booth No. 901 to discuss their network strategies and their deployments of CIENA's market leading optical networking products. On both Feb. 23 and 24 the appearance schedule at CIENA's booth includes: 11:00 AM 12:00 PM: Enron Communications "IP over DWDM". Stan Hanks, Vice President of Research and Technology. Enron Communications is building longhaul fiberoptic networks on strategic routes throughout the United States in an effort to create a datacentric national fiberoptic backbone. Enron Communications focuses on the wholesale bandwidth needs of the telecommunications service provider. OFC Appearance schedule (continued): 1:00 2:00 PM: GST Telecommunications "Integrated Optical Networking" Phil Markwart, Senior Engineer. GST Telecommunications, Inc., an Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., provides a broad range of integrated telecommunications products and services, including local dial tone, Internet, long distance, and enhanced data services throughout California and the Unites States. 2:00 3:00 PM: Sprint "Enabling Broadband ServicesSprint's ION Network" Bill Szeto, Manager, New Technology Programs. Sprint is a global communications company at the forefront of integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services. The company built and operates the United States' only nationwide, alldigital, fiberoptic network. A leader in advanced data communications services, Sprint is also one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. For more information about CIENA's revolutionary approach to optical networking or for additional details about OFC in San Diego, visit CIENA's new website www.ciena.com/revolution.