San Jose, California, February 28, 2005 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU and TSX: JDU) today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Kennedy, is scheduled to make a presentation on behalf of the company at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor and Systems Conference at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, CA. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 9.30 a.m. Pacific Time, on Monday, March 7, 2005. To access the live webcast, please visit JDS Uniphase’s Investor Relations website, at www.jdsu.com/investors, and look for the link under “Event Calendar”. Following the conference, the presentation will be available for replay until April 18, 2005.

About JDS Uniphase
JDS Uniphase Corporation designs and manufactures products for markets where its core optics technologies provide innovative solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications. The Company offers components, modules and subsystems for data communications, telecommunications and cable television, display, product and document authentication, medical/environmental instrumentation, decorative, aerospace and defense applications.

More information is available at http://www.jdsu.com/.

Media Inquiries: Gerald Gottheil, Corporate Marketing Communications, 408-546-4400 or gerald.gottheil@jdsu.com

Investor Inquiries: Investor Relations, 408-546-4445 or investor.relations@jdsu.com