San Jose, California, and Ottawa, Ontario – February 10, 2003 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU and TSX: JDU) today announced the appointment of Syrus Madavi, President and Chief Operating Officer to its Board of Directors.  

“Syrus has gained great insight and experience during his tenure at JDS Uniphase,” commented Jozef Straus, Co-chairman and CEO. “His expertise in the industry and within the Company will be a valuable resource to the Board of Directors.”

Prior to joining JDS Uniphase in July 2002, Mr. Madavi served in various senior executive and board positions with high technology companies.  He was a Senior Vice President at Texas Instruments; Chairman, President and CEO of Burr-Brown Corporation, and Executive Chairman of ON Semiconductors.  Earlier he held senior executive positions with Raytheon Semiconductor and Honeywell Signal Processing.

The appointment of Mr. Madavi increases the JDS Uniphase Board to nine members.  Seven are independent, including a non-executive Chairman of the Board.

JDS Uniphase Corporation, a worldwide leader in optical technology, designs and manufactures products for fiberoptic communications, as well as for markets where its core optics technologies provide innovative solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications.  The Company’s fiberoptic components and modules are deployed by system manufacturers for the data communications, telecommunications and cable television industries. The Company also offers products for display, security, medical/environmental instrumentation, decorative, aerospace and defense applications. More information on the Company is available at http://www.jdsu.com/.