NetComplete™ VoIP Service Assurance Solution Recognized for Innovation   

Milpitas, Calif., and Paris, October 10, 2006 – JDSU’s NetComplete VoIP Service Assurance Solution earned industry recognition today by receiving the International Engineering Consortium’s (IEC’s) 2006 InfoVision Award for Access Network Technology and Services.  The award recognizing JDSU’s communications test and measurement innovation was received at a ceremony at the CNIT La Défense in Paris during the IEC’s Broadband World Forum Europe 2006.

JDSU’s ONT transport test platform was also a 2006 IEC InfoVision Award finalist in the Network Core Innovation and Advances category.

The InfoVision Award program recognizes technologies, applications, products, advances, and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry.  InfoVision Awards also honor corporations and individuals for their innovative contributions and developments that have proven important to society.

“With hundreds of submissions, our awards program gives tribute to those catalyzing positive change in technology, business, and academia, completely in line with the IEC's mission,” said IEC President John Janowiak.

Through intelligent data collection, consolidation, and correlation, NetComplete enables cable and telecommunications operators to efficiently expand service penetration without having to scale operations. It improves network and service performance and increases operational efficiency with quick and dependable turn-up verification, rapid problem detection, segmentation and troubleshooting.

“We are honored to receive this recognition from an organization as respected as the IEC,” said John Govert, general manager for JDSU Service Assurance Systems.  “NetComplete is designed to ensure quality of service when deploying VoIP and other IP-based broadband services.  It is a pleasure to have this design innovation recognized and awarded by a judging panel of our peers.”

About NetComplete - JDSU’s Service Assurance Solution
The NetComplete portfolio provides the flexibility to manage and troubleshoot QoS in networks today.  NetComplete also delivers a comprehensive end-to-end solution for service turn-up, fault isolation, problem detection, segmentation, and troubleshooting, active and passive performance management, and capacity planning across voice, video, and data services.  With these capabilities NetComplete provides a complete view into current and future network and service level performance.

About the Broadband World Forum Europe
Initiated in 2001, the Broadband World Forum Europe conference and exhibition has grown proportionately since its inception, offering a wide range of information and communication technologies topics under the large umbrella of broadband. This year's World Forum features more than 250 industry leaders to speak in nearly 70 sessions, complemented by more than 100 top vendors from around the globe displaying the latest products and services in broadband technology. Additional featured annual programming offered includes the WiMAX Global ComForum, a co-located event, and the InfoVision Awards. With the support of France Telecom as the official host sponsor, the IEC expects to draw more than 7,000 executives, industry professionals, academia, and high-technology press to the CNIT La Défense in Paris this 9-12 October. Visit www.iec.org/events/2006/bbwf.

About the IEC
A nonprofit organization, the IEC is dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students.

In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational program. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age.

More than 70 leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineers. The IEC also manages the activities of the Enterprise Communications Consortium. Please visit http://www.iec.org/.

About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets.  JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace, defense and decorative applications.  More information is available at http://www.jdsu.com/.

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