Ottawa, Ontario and San Jose, California – January 2, 2003 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSX: JDU) will announce results for its second quarter on January 23, 2003 at approximately 4:05 PM Eastern Time. Following the announcement, the Company will discuss these results in a webcast at 4:30 PM Eastern Time, with a replay available after 6:30 PM Eastern Time. The company also announced that it will webcast two corporate presentations in coming weeks:

Morgan Stanley Software, Services, Internet & Networking Conference
Monday, January 6, 2003 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time

Annual Needham Growth Conference
Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time

All of the webcasts can be accessed at http://www.jdsu.com/ under Investor Relations / Investor Presentations, and will be available for later viewing on the JDS Uniphase website.

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

Statements made at the conferences and on the webcasts that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1934. “Forward-looking” statements are all statements made by JDS Uniphase, other than those dealing specifically with historical matters (that is JDS Uniphase’s historical financial results, and any statements made about the conduct of JDS Uniphase’s business, operations and finances up to the moment the statements are made). All other statements made are forward-looking statements. JDS Uniphase’s forward-looking statements include any information the Company provides on future business operations and guidance regarding the future financial performance of JDS Uniphase Corporation. All forward-looking statements mentioned are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Some, but not all, of these risks and uncertainties are discussed from time to time in the press releases and securities filings of JDS Uniphase with the Securities and Exchange Commission.