ADVISORY/Ron Nelson, CEO and President of Agility, to Present at Wit SoundView 2001 Photonics Conference.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (May 10)

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Media are invited to hear Ron Nelson, CEO and president of Agility Communications(TM), Inc., speak at the Wit SoundView 2001 Photonics Conference on Thurs., May 10, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Regarded as the leading optical communications conference for investors, more than 42 CEOs and senior-level executives will present, including system vendors, component suppliers and infrastructure companies operating in the sector, and several carriers.

Nelson will present a 30-minute introduction about Agility Communications and the company's leading tunable laser technology. Attendees can learn about the market opportunities and specific applications that leverage the technology, in both the metro and long-haul marketplaces. Agility's 3040 High-Power, Widely Tunable Laser provides up to 4 mW of optical output power, to any C-band wavelength in less than 10 milliseconds. The powerful 3040 laser provides communications companies with far greater bandwidth flexibility than what is currently available with fixed-wavelength or narrowly tunable lasers. Additionally, Agility recently announced the first demonstrated prototype of a 10-mW widely tunable laser that can tune across the entire C-band.

When and Where

Media are invited to hear Ron Nelson give a presentation about Agility Communications at the Wit SoundView 2001 Photonics Conference, May 10, 2001, from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. For more information about the conference visit: http://www.witsoundview.com.

Biography for Ron Nelson, CEO and President

Ron Nelson has established a distinguished 25-year record and is widely regarded for his development and operations accomplishments in the photonics arena. Prior to becoming president and CEO of Agility, he was vice president and an officer at Motorola and director of the Phoenix Advanced Technology Center. In that capacity, he assembled and led world-class teams developing high-speed optical interconnects, vertical lasers, flat-panel displays, and components and software for wireless products, helping Motorola generate more than $1 billion in revenues. He set up and directed Motorola's manufacturing line, delivering the highest performing and reliable vertical lasers available in the marketplace at that time.

Prior to his accomplishments at Motorola, Nelson was one of two co-founders of Lytel, Inc. Lytel, a successful startup company that produced optoelectronic components and subsystems for telecommunication and data communication applications, was acquired by AMP (now Tyco). At Lytel, Nelson held various positions including: vice president of product development, vice president of device manufacturing, and vice president and general manager of the Telecom Division.

A seasoned veteran, Nelson started his career in 1976 at Bell Laboratories, where he worked on short- and long-wavelength lasers. He led the team that developed the Bell Systems' first long-wavelength lasers for use in submarine cable and terrestrial fiber systems. He has a long-standing history of activity with the Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (OIDA), serving on the board of directors and as the vice-chairman of the Technology and Market Opportunity Roadmap Committee. This committee produces a comprehensive set of roadmaps and opportunities, helping to establish a cohesive direction for university and industrial R&D and government-funded optoelectronics research. Nelson holds a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois, where his research was directed by Professor Nick Holonyak.

About Agility Communications, Inc.

Agility Communications, Inc., is pioneering breakthrough optical networking infrastructure solutions that dramatically reduce the costs and complexity of supporting agile networks. Developed for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) networks, Agility's first products, high-power, widely-tunable lasers, will help service providers deliver high-bandwidth services, maximize existing network resources, simplify the planning process for network growth, and dynamically provision bandwidth. By integrating optical components at the chip level, Agility creates a simpler architecture for networking equipment that increases density and allows fast automation, lowering capital and operating costs for service providers.

Agility has already won numerous recognitions, including Light Reading's selection of Agility as one of the Top 10 Privately Held Companies and the Technologic Partners' Optix 2001 Investor's Choice award naming Agility one of 10 private optical communications companies most likely to succeed as a public company. Founded by a team of optical networking and semiconductor veterans in Oct. 1998, Agility is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and has manufacturing facilities in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Agility investors include Amerindo Investment Advisors, Berkeley International Capital Ltd., Comdisco Ventures, Dell Ventures, Hammer Capital Management, Inc., Milton Chang, Meritech Capital Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Mustang Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners. For more information about Agility solutions visit www.agility.com, send email to [e-mail] or call 805/690-1700.

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