Fujitsu Continues To Dominate The Optical Networking Metro Market with More Than 29% Share in 2001

Business Wire, March 25, 2002

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RHK Report Shows Fujitsu Gains 8% in ILEC Segment, Increases Share

From 42.3% to 50.6% Market Share

RHK, notable market researchers in the optical transport industry, has released their optical transport research. Fujitsu was named the overall metro market share leader with over 29% share, repeating the company's success from last year. A significant portion of this achievement is attributable to the ILEC segment of the market, where Fujitsu enjoys considerable success. Additionally, Fujitsu shipped a number of new products, including the FLASHWAVE(R) 4500 multiservice optical transport platform, through 2001 that gained traction with major tier one carriers.

"Fujitsu's overwhelming position as a SONET ADM supplier to the RBOCs allowed it to maintain its leadership of the metro market." says Brian Van Steen, Senior Analyst of Optical Transport at RHK. "Fujitsu's market share increased to 50.6% percent in 2001 from 42.3% percent in 2000, as its revenues fell less than the market as a whole."

Despite the decline in metro carrier spending from 2000 to 2001, Fujitsu held its ground as the leading supplier to the metro market. With more than 275,000 network elements deployed to date, Fujitsu continues to demonstrate its thorough understanding of the optical transport market both in terms of the products its ships and its unique relationship with its customers.

"While the industry is undergoing a harsh downturn, it is incumbent upon us to continue to deliver high-quality products that help our customers lower their cost of delivering services," says Ron Martin, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fujitsu Network Communications. "Fujitsu is doing this. Our FLASHWAVE(R) 4000 multiservice optical transport platform enables our customers to optimize their networks in three ways: first, they can leverage their existing investments; second, they can add new services such as Gigabit Ethernet and third, they can grow their networks while dramatically reducing CAPEX and OPEX."

"The FLASHWAVE 4000 multiservice family provides the necessary flexibility and scalability to deliver optimized solutions for all of a carrier's optical transport application requirements. We've worked closely with our customers to understand their needs, and we believe, just as this recent market research confirms, that our products deliver."

About RHK

RHK Inc. is the leading industry market research and consulting firm specializing in the analysis of advanced technologies for the global public telecommunications network. The company provides subscription services and consulting to technology vendors, service providers and the investment community worldwide. RHK's areas of expertise include: Broadband Access, Operational Support Systems, Optical Components, Optical Networks, Packet Services, Switching & Routing, Telecom Economics and Telecom Semiconductors. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.rhk.com. The full report, "Optical Networks: Metro North America 2001 Market Share Report," will be published by RHK in Spring, 2002.

About Fujitsu Network Communications. Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. delivers next generation optical transport and photonics solutions optimized for metropolitan, regional, long haul, and ultra long haul, high capacity applications. The company's comprehensive consulting and network services offer support at any network development, deployment and maintenance stage. The company is the leading optical transport equipment vendor in the metro market and has increased its share in the long haul market. Fujitsu Network Communications is a division of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a provider of comprehensive IT and networking solutions for the global marketplace. For more news and information please visit http://www.fnc.fujitsu.com.

FLASHWAVE(R) is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.