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 4:05 PM Eastern Time. Following the announcement, JDS Uniphase will host a conference call for investors and followers at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The call can be accessed on the JDS Uniphase website at http://www.jdsuniphase.com/ under Corporate Information. The call can also be accessed 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.

"In our continuing effort to make all of our investor communications open to everyone, we are supplementing the webcast of our conference call with additional lines on our telephone link," said Anthony R. Muller, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of JDS Uniphase. "We hope that this effort helps facilitate direct access to our senior management team as some of our followers may not have access to the Internet."

About JDS Uniphase

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/