1. © Copyright 2002 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Opportunities and Analysis of the Worldwide Optical Networking Digital Cross Connect Markets Developing Nations Spur Greenfield Deployments "Digital cross connect systems revenues show signs of stabilizing after a dramatic fall in 2001. This result may signal future stabilization in overall optical networking revenues." Transmissions Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

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5. © Copyright 2002 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Alcatel Ciena Corp. Cisco Systems, Inc. ECI Telecom, Inc. Ericsson, Inc. Fujitsu Ltd. Hitachi American Ltd. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Lucent Technologies, Inc. Marconi Corp. plc NEC Corp. Nortel Networks Ltd. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. ONI Systems Corp. Optisphere Networks, Inc. Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. Sycamore Networks, Inc. Tellabs Tellium, Inc. Key Market Participants

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