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Fujitsu Adds New Manufacturing and R&D Jobs to North Texas Campus; Key Element of Market-leading FLASHWAVE® 4500 MSPP Now Built in State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility in Richardson, Texas

Business Wire, Dec 20, 2005

RICHARDSON, Texas -- Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that they have transferred production of a key element of their market-leading FLASHWAVE(R) 4500 Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) from their factory in Oyama, Japan to their state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Richardson, Texas. Fujitsu is the only major optical networking vendor that manufactures their own equipment, and by moving their supply chain closer to their large customer base in North America, Fujitsu will be able to respond faster to rapidly changing customer requirements. "This shift in manufacturing brings new jobs to north Texas at a time when competing optical networking vendors are eliminating positions through outsourcing," said Don Blackwood, senior vice president of operations at Fujitsu Network Communications. "By growing our manufacturing operation in the U.S., we increase our competitive advantage in terms of top quality and timely responsiveness to customer requirements."

Fujitsu is also expanding R&D operations on their Richardson campus, and anticipates the addition of new positions for recent graduates with bachelor of science degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering.

"Fujitsu Network Communications helped create the Telecom Corridor(R) when the company established its headquarters in Richardson in 1981," said Bill Sproull, president and chief executive officer of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce (RCC), the Richardson Economic Development Partnership (REDP) and the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC). "As one of four founding members of the MTBC, Fujitsu has consistently demonstrated a commitment to the local economy. This increase in manufacturing capacity and expansion of their R&D facility brings jobs to the Telecom Corridor, and is the latest in a series of positive indicators that show a strong recovery and growth of high-tech business in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex."

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 320,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As a metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence. For more information, please visit http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.> FLASHWAVE(R) is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (USA) FUJITSU (and design) (R) and THE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE(TM) are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. Telecom Corridor(R) is a trademark of the Metroplex Technology Business Council. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.