Nepean, Ontario, and San Jose, Calif., October 16, 2000 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSE: JDU) will announce its first quarter fiscal year 2001 results on October 26, 2000 at approximately 4:05 PM Eastern Time. Following the announcement, JDS Uniphase will host a conference call to discuss these results at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The call will be webcasted on the JDS Uniphase website at http://www.jdsuniphase.com/ under Corporate Information. The call will also be available via telephone at (800) 230-1096 or (612) 332-0228 for international callers. A replay of the call will be available from one hour after the call ends through October 31, 2000 at (320) 365-3844, access code 538121.

"JDS Uniphase has always endeavored to make information about our company available to all, and we are issuing this release to ensure that everyone following our company can have full access to this conference call," said Anthony R. Muller, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "We have been webcasting all of our conference calls, but we understand that not everyone has Internet access and others will not have access to the Internet during the conference call. With this dial-in information, we hope that all of those following JDS Uniphase will be able to hear the call."

JDS Uniphase is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive range of products for the growing fiberoptic communications market. These products are deployed by system manufacturers worldwide to develop advanced optical networks for the telecommunications and cable television industries. JDS Uniphase Corporation is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "JDSU" and the exchangeable shares of JDS Uniphase Canada Ltd. are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "JDU." More information on JDS Uniphase is available at http://www.jdsuniphase.com/.