REMINDER/Agility Communications Marketing Director Kevin Affolter to Discuss the Business Case for Widely Tunable Lasers At OptiComm 2002.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OptiComm 2002

REMINDER... for Tuesday (July 30)

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Media are invited to hear Kevin Affolter, marketing director of Agility Communications, Inc., present the business case for widely tunable lasers on Tues., July 30, at OptiComm 2002, the third annual optical networking and communications conference. The conference is being held concurrently with ITCom 2002, July 29 through August 2, 2002, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston. OptiComm is a cutting-edge forum for optical networking professionals and researchers. High-quality submitted papers that develop the technical program are the foundation of the conference, which addresses the ongoing revolution in a wide range of optical applications. OptiComm 2002 will feature visionary keynotes; thought-provoking panel sessions; tutorials on timely topics in optical networking; workshops on special themes; and an Industry Watch program, where major players from the optical industry will present their expert views on the current state and future trends of optical networking.

Affolter and a panel of optical networking executives from Celion Networks, Claredon Photonics, JDS Uniphase, and Optical Strategies will discuss tunable devices and the business case for them from both the cost and revenue perspective from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Tues., July 30.

When and Where

Media are invited to hear Kevin Affolter, marketing director of Agility Communications, and other experts discuss the business case for widely tunable lasers at the OptiComm 2002 conference on Tues., July 30, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m., at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston. For more information about the conference, visit www.OptiComm.org/index.html. For more information about Agility Communications, visit www.agility.com.

Biography for Kevin Affolter, Marketing Director, Agility Communications

Kevin Affolter, marketing director for Agility Communications, is responsible for product management, product definition, value proposition, and applications. He has more than 14 years of experience in high-technology industries, including seven years of research on integrated circuit process and device development, and three years of laser diode product development. Before joining Agility, Affolter was brand manager for optical amplifiers at Nortel Networks in the Optical Networks division, where he was responsible for the profitable growth of a new optical amplified system. He also served as a product line manager at Nortel Networks' Optoelectronics division for four years, overseeing a product portfolio incorporating high-speed lasers, modulators and receivers. Affolter was also responsible for starting a new passives product line incorporating silica planar waveguides, thin-film dielectric filters, and fiber Bragg gratings. Affolter started his career as a senior research engineer at STC Technology, which was later acquired by Nortel Networks. Affolter holds a bachelor's degree with honors in electrical and electronic engineering from Queens University of Belfast.

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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