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San Jose, Calif., April 16, 2004 – Calient Networks, the leading provider of carrier-class photonic switching systems, announced today the appointment of Ron Mackey as Calient’s new Chief Marketing Officer.

“Ron has joined Calient Networks’ executive team to power up our marketing and business development efforts, and to expand strategic relationships within the telecommunications industry,” emphasized Calient CEO and President Charles Corbalis. “We’re delighted to have his depth of expertise and first-hand carrier knowledge across the optical transport and switching market segments, and value his pragmatic vision of evolving carrier demand and growth. Ron will be a key leader in driving Calient’s future success.”

Prior to joining Calient Networks, Ron headed product planning and strategy for Tellabs’ North American product line and held various marketing, planning and product management positions within Tellabs' advanced optical groups. He was previously Chief Technology Officer for Osicom Technologies, now Sorrento Networks, as well as founder and President of Distributed Systems International, Inc. (DSI), an optical networking technology company acquired by Osicom Technologies in 1996. He started his telecommunications career with Bell Laboratories.

“New telecom applications like fiber-to-the-premises, bandwidth-on-demand and voice-over-IP are requiring carriers to deploy dynamic optical networks,” stated Ron Mackey. “Calient’s award-winning switch fabric remains the only carrier-class 3D MEMS photonic core proven and deployed in live networks. I am anxious to help Calient capture and extend the opportunities we are uniquely positioned to address, as well as to continue to shape the industry.”

About Calient Networks
Calient Networks is a leading provider of intelligent, photonic switching systems and software that help service providers scale their networks for expanding 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 are located in Ithaca, New York. For additional information about Calient, visit www.calient.net.

Calient Networks, the Calient Networks logo, and DiamondWave are trademarks of Calient Networks, Inc.

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