ECI Telecom's Lightscape Networks Incorporates Tunable Laser For Complete C-Band Coverage, Within Its Converged Metro Networking Platforms.

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PETAH TIKVA, Israel & SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sept. 3, 2002

Lightscape Networks, an ECI Telecom company (ECI Telecom: NASDAQ:ECIL):

New tunable laser technology from Agility enables dramatic reductions

in OPEX and unrivalled network flexibility for carriers through

customisation and maximisation of wavelength traffic

Lightscape Networks, an ECI Telecom company (ECI Telecom: NASDAQ:ECIL), and a leading innovator in optical networking, today announced the introduction and integration of a new tunable laser from Agility Communications Inc., the award-winning leader of widely tunable lasers for metro, switching, and long-haul markets, to its optical networking solution offerings.

The tunable linecard, which is undergoing initial testing by customers, is designed to help operators realise significant operational cost savings, performance and manageability across the entire C-Band for metropolitan and cellular networks.

"This technology integration from a top-tier company such as Lightscape Networks, along with Agility Communications, is believed to be an industry first for metropolitan-based converged networking platforms," said Ron Nelson, president and CEO of Agility Communications. "The metro market requires operators to decrease capital and operating expenditures, while still furthering the development of advanced network applications. We're thrilled Lightscape recognizes the huge benefits widely tunable lasers will bring to carriers and look forward to delivering those benefits to the marketplace."

Agility's 4245 EML widely-tunable laser integration into Lightscape Networks' flagship XDM(TM) hybrid optical networking platform creates a tunable linecard which supports 50 GHz and 100GHz channel spacing. Designed to operate across 100 ITU channels of the standard C-Band, the 4245 EML enables dynamic configuration and reconfiguration of wavelengths while in service and without affecting traffic on the network. This integration provides numerous cost and performance benefits to the operator, giving the ability to finely tune wavelengths through a single card for unrivalled flexibility in the provisioning of services.

Another direct customer benefit is the simplification of network planning. Because widely tunable lasers can cover the entire C-Band, carriers purchasing them only need to forecast their total volume of demand, rather than having to predict the demand for 100 or more individual wavelengths separately.

Furthermore, operators have the opportunity to achieve massive economies of scale across the network, with just a few tunable lasers replacing the need for significant numbers of expensive spare fixed lasers. Particularly for systems carrying multiple wavelengths, the need for operators to invest in 40 different fixed wavelength lasers as spares is eliminated, simplifying inventory management and ultimately saving truck roll costs. Failed transmitters can be easily restored and wavelengths re-routed, eliminating the time delay normally associated with installing additional cards for the routing and re-routing of traffic.

A centralized management system promotes efficient non-intrusive dynamic wavelength provisioning, providing flexibility to quickly provision lambda services through live network traffic. This allows operators to use all lasers at all times, in order to make full use of network capacity and avoid wavelength roadblocks during times of peak demand. This approach dramatically reduces OPEX and creates revenue generating potential through enabling faster delivery of new services.

"Cost reduction is a major concern for today's vendors and their customers," explained Ido Gur, vice president of marketing for Lightscape Networks, "and we are very excited about the capital efficiency and flexibility prospects this technology integration provides operators through the XDM platform. The Agility tunable laser fits perfectly with our single architecture philosophy - combining the functionality of one device to simplify networking functions, while achieving dramatic performance and cost advantages."

With this tunable laser, Lightscape Networks offers complete backwards compatibility with its current installed base across all existing shelves. This allows carriers to enhance their systems with the latest technology without facing the costs of having to replace existing networking equipment.

"The introduction of a C-band tunable linecard is an important and strategic move for Lightscape Networks," said Vladimir Kozlov, senior analyst, RHK optical components. "There is no doubt that Lightscape Network's product will find wide acceptance among carriers as the industry emerges from the downturn."

The widely tunable laser linecard will be generally available within Lightscape Networks solutions in Q4 2002. There has already been a significant level of interest in this latest development, with customer testing to date yielding a positive response.

About Lightscape Networks

Lightscape Networks is a leading innovator of next generation intelligent optical networking solutions. Leveraging more than 10 years of global experience, Lightscape Networks offers advanced optical platforms that combine instant provisioning with on-demand network scalability. The company's highly dense, multi-service XDM is used by carriers to build flexible network topologies that cost-effectively scale to future demands. Lightscape Networks' solutions are deployed in 45 countries worldwide and serve both major carriers and emerging service providers at all stages of optical network implementation. The company has corporate headquarters in Petah Tikva, Israel and regional offices across Europe and Asia Pacific. In the USA the regional headquarters are in Herndon, VA. Lightscape Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of ECI Telecom Ltd. For more information on Lightscape Networks, please visit www.lightscapenetworks.com.

About ECI Telecom

ECI Telecom is a provider of advanced, telecommunications solutions. Focused mainly on the metropolitan optical and access markets, ECI Telecom enables leading service providers and carriers world-wide to maximize their capital investment and reduce operating expenses while providing voice, data, video and multimedia services to their customers. ECI Telecom maintains a global sales and customer support network. Its solutions are an integral part of more than 500 telecommunications networks in over 145 countries.

About Agility Communications, Inc.

Agility Communications, Inc., the leader in pioneering widely tunable lasers for metro, switching, and long-haul markets, is providing the lowest total cost of ownership and dramatically reducing the costs and complexity of supporting agile networks. The company has been named one of Light Reading's Top 10 Privately Held Companies, has won the Technologic Partners' Optix 2001 Investors' Choice award, and was listed in UPSIDE Magazine's "Hot 100" private companies for 2001. Agility has also been highlighted on several "Hot Companies to Watch" lists, including ones in Business Week and Lightwave Magazine.

Founded by a team of optical networking and semiconductor veterans in Oct. 1998, Agility is headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., and has manufacturing facilities in Allentown, Penn. Agility investors include Alliance, Amerindo Investment Advisors, CIENA Corp., Comdisco Ventures, Dell Ventures, General Bank, GM Investment Management Corp., Global Strategic, Granite Global Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mitsubishi International Corp., Morgenthaler Ventures, Mustang Ventures, Nissho Electronics Corp., Nissho Iwai American Corp., Tellabs, 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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