ADVISORY/Chromatis Networks to Lead Six-Hour Session at This Week's Broadband Year 2000 Conference.

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Broadband Year 2000

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (June 27)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Who & What:

Chromatis Networks -- a developer of next-generation transport solutions for metropolitan-area service providers -- will lead a six-hour session this week at the Broadband Year 2000 conference in San Jose, Calif., June 26-30, 2000. Chromatis' Lou Martinage will lead this session, titled "IP Over Optical in Metro Networks," taking place Tuesday, June 27, 2000.

The "IP Over Optics" session will assess the optical technology trends in the carrier core backbones and in metropolitan distribution networks. The speakers will investigate where these technologies are heading and what can actually be deployed today. Presenters will share in-depth insight on various industry perspectives:

      --  IP/Optics Tutorial -- Doug Green, vice president of Marketing,
        Ocular Networks
      --  Developments in the Optical Core -- Rick Dodd, Ciena
      --  IP/Optics in the Metro -- Lou Martinage, director of Product
        Marketing, Chromatis Networks
      --  Carrier Perspective: IP and Optics -- Barry Morris, vice
        president of Sales, Cogent Communications

Lou Martinage is director of product marketing for Chromatis Networks. Martinage has also served as director of product marketing for Torrent Networking Technologies, and has held executive product marketing positions with the VIVID Business Unit of Newbridge Networks and with Sprint's Frame Relay group.

Where & When: Broadband Year 2000
              June 26-30, 2000
              San Jose Convention Center
              San Jose, Calif.

              Session details: "IP Over Optical in Metro Networks"
                                Tuesday, June 27, 2000
                                9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. PDT

Background:

Chromatis Networks develops next-generation transport solutions for metropolitan-area service providers. The company's Metropolis(tm) products, patented Selective Wave Division Multiplexing(tm) (SWDM(tm)) technology, and Multi-Protocol Wavelength(tm) technology allow service providers to address high-bandwidth revenue opportunities quickly on a site-by-site basis and support a full range of existing and emerging services with a high rate of return. SWDM received a Category Breaker Award from Network World magazine in November 1999.

Founded in 1998 and recently acquired by Lucent Technologies, Chromatis is headquartered in Herndon, Va., and maintains a research and development facility in Tel Aviv, Israel. A seasoned team of executives leads Chromatis with wide experience in transmission systems and data networking from companies such as Nortel, Cascade, Ciena, 3Com, US Robotics, Scorpio Communications, Newbridge Networks, and ECI Telecom. The company has received more than $50 million in funding to date from leading venture capitalists, including Crosspoint, ComVentures, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Soros Private Equity, Chase Capital, Lucent Venture Partners, and Eucalyptus Ventures.