Ottawa, Canada and San Jose, California – December 3, 2001 – JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSE: JDU) announced that it is holding a session for investors on December 11, 2001 to review its corporate strategy, market outlook and product innovation.

The session will be hosted by Anthony Muller, executive vice president and chief financial officer, with presentations by Jozef Straus, co-chairman, president and chief executive officer; Greg Dougherty, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Scott Parker, vice president of Global Sales and Marketing; Don Bossi, president of Active Components, Don Scifres, co-chairman and chief strategy officer; Fred Leonberger, chief technology officer; Kumar Visvanatha, president of Wavelength Routing; and Jennifer Aspell, vice president and general manager of Erbium Doped Amplifiers.

The meeting will be webcast live, in listen-only mode, over the Internet on December 11, 2001 beginning at 11:00 AM ET. To access the session, please visit our website at www.jdsuniphase.com and click on Investor Relations. The session will be archived in the same location.

JDS Uniphase is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of products for high-performance fiberoptic communications applications. 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 www.jdsuniphase.com.

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