ADVISORY/Metro-Optix to Speak at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (May 9)

Dana Hartgraves, VP of Marketing, of Metro-Optix to Discuss the

Blurring Boundary Between Optical and Electrical

Telecommunications Networks 

   WHAT Dana Hartgraves, vice president of marketing for Metro-Optix,
        has been invited to participate in a discussion regarding the
        blurring boundary of optical and electrical telecommunications
        networks, particularly with regards to switching technologies.
        Dana brings with her more than 20 years of experience in the
        industry and will specifically address the importance of
        having a multi-protocol and open standards platform designed
        into the service provider's optical network.

   WHEN Wednesday, May 9 at 4:15pm - 5:15pm
        Conference runs from Sunday, May 6, 2001 to Friday, May 11,
        2001

  WHERE Networld+Interop in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention
        Center

PROGRAM Joining in the discussion will be executives from both
        systems and component vendors to include Cisco and Agilent.
        These panelists will discuss the myriad of technologies for
        switching fabrics that address the different types of optical
        equipment being developed for the all-optical network. In this
        highly technical session, optical experts explain the various
        switching fabric "candidates", where each technology can be
        applied and how each measures up against key requirements for
        practical deployment in carrier networks: reliability,
        scalability, power consumption, wavelength switching latency,
        repeatability and of course cost.

 INFOR- For more information, visit www.metro-optix.com or
 MATION www.key3media.com/interop/lasvegas2001

  ABOUT With headquarters in Allen, Texas and Santa Clara,
 METRO- California, Metro-Optix is a privately held, optical
  OPTIX networking equipment provider pioneering
        a new generation of Internet infrastructure for metropolitan
        networks. Recently named as one of Red Herring's Top 100
        companies for 2001, Metro-Optix is developing solutions that
        enable carriers to effectively transition from traditional
        circuit-based services to high-performance cell and
        packet-based services.