AML Communications Ships First Optical Network Amplifier; Shipment Marks Initial Entry Into Optical Market.

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CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2000

AML Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:AMLJ) today announced that it shipped its first amplifier for optical networks.

AML is currently working with industry leaders in high bandwidth, optical fiber Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems to design and supply application-specific products destined for the optical high-speed Internet access market.

Kirk A. Waldron, AML's president and chief executive officer, said, "We are excited by AML's introduction of this product to this very promising market since we believe it to be a natural extension of and complement to our existing hybrid microwave product line. With the combined expertise derived from our wireless communications and hybrid microwave products capabilities, we believe that AML is positioned to be an influential player in the growing optical market."

AML Communications Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of amplifiers and related products for the global wireless industry. The company currently focuses on the following sectors of the wireless market: cellular telephony, broadband wireless access, personal communications services, wireless messaging, low-earth orbit satellite networks, and custom wireless applications. http://www.amlj.com.

The information contained in this press release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as the statements of the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such statements as a result of various factors: the ability to attract and retain qualified, knowledgeable employees, economic conditions; reductions or cancellations in orders from new or existing customers; limited number of potential customers; variability in gross margins on new products; success in the design of new products; failure to acquire new customers; continued or new deterioration of business and economic conditions in the Company's customers' marketplaces; intensely competitive industry conditions with increasing price competition; business conditions; and, growth in the wireless communications market, as well as those factors discussed in the Company's Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB on file with the SEC.