Ceyba Adds Gerald Butters to Board of Directors.

Business Editors & Technology Writers

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002

Prominent technology strategist enhances Ceyba's team in its

pursuit to deliver unprecedented core networking economics

Ceyba Inc., a provider of core optical networking solutions to carriers and service providers, today announced the appointment of Mr. Gerald Butters, a seasoned technology expert, to its Board of Directors. As an industry leader, Butters is well known for his comprehensive customer service, support and fulfillment expertise, extensive technical skills and broad product knowledge. His range of customer experience will augment Ceyba's focus on developing solutions that help carriers realize substantial cost savings in their core network. Butters's guidance will enhance Ceyba's approach to addressing global customer relations and satisfaction, readying them for the imminent network expansion opportunities.

Butters' impressive career exemplifies both his close working relationship with customers and his results-oriented drive. He spent many years with Nortel Networks in senior roles focused on customer service and marketing where he built market positions and sales programs necessary to grow revenues, engineered the turnaround of divisions and restructured organizations for increased customer satisfaction and fulfillment. As President of US Operations he was responsible for relationships with the current and emerging telecom carriers spanning all product lines. Subsequently, Butters joined AT&T as President of North American Operations for Network Systems where he was responsible for marketing, sales, and service to customers in the United States and Canada, as well as large private networks and OEM customers worldwide. With the spin-out of Lucent by AT&T, Butters took on several executive roles with Lucent, most recently as Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development in addition to Chief Technology Strategist. Mr. Butters is currently a member of the Firstwave Intelligent Optical Systems Board and a founder of Shakti Ventures. He is also on the Advisory Board of Netrake and Attensity Corporation plus in venture capital advisory relationships with Telesoft Partners, Alliance Technology Ventures and Advanced Internet Ventures.

"Gerry brings to the table a wealth of customer knowledge," said Scott Marshall, President and CEO of Ceyba Inc. "As an expert in both telecommunications and global customer relations, we expect Gerry's counsel to help elevate us to our next phase...fulfilling total customer needs ranging from individual route overlays to nationwide builds. His insight into the strategies that build strong vendor-customer relationships will serve Ceyba well as we continue to manage our business through the current market conditions and ready ourselves for forthcoming network growth prospects."

"Ceyba's product is very well positioned in this market," commented Butters. "With emphasis on lowest total cost of ownership, their solution offers real advantages to carriers and service providers. Ceyba's unique LightWave Diagnostics(TM) toolkit is a key component of their compelling value proposition. They have put serious thought into solving carrier issues in this challenging climate and I look forward to joining their team."

About Ceyba

Founded in May 2000, Ceyba (www.ceyba.com) is a private company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Ceyba's core optical networking solutions help carriers and service providers realize substantial cost savings in their network. The company's world-class development and operations team applies leading-edge technology, combined with engineering excellence, to drastically simplify the core network. This significantly reduces capital and operational costs, accelerates channel turn-up and enables the deployment of premium wavelength services.