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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<br>
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<p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR
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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in 5.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">JDS
UNIPHASE ACQUIRES E2O COMMUNICATIONS,</font></u></b></h1>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in 5.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXPANDS
DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES</font></u></b></h1>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">San Jose, California &#151;May 17, 2004</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> - JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU and TSX:
JDU) today announced the acquisition of E2O Communications, Inc. As a result of
the acquisition, JDS Uniphase expects to strengthen its position in the optical
data communications market with an expanded customer base and important new
technologies, while gaining greater operational efficiencies.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the terms of the agreement, which closed today, JDS Uniphase
acquired E2O Communications for approximately $60 million in cash. Founded in
1998 and headquartered in Calabasas, CA, E2O develops and manufactures optical
transceivers to support Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet,
1X-4X Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel, ESCON, ATM and SONET.&#160; E2O is a supplier to major datacom
customers, including seven that are additive to JDS Uniphase&#146;s customer base. E2O
revenue in recent quarters has been in excess of $5M.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;E2O has been an excellent supplier to us and we now look forward to
continuing and expanding that relationship with JDS Uniphase,&#148; said Bob Finley,
vice president of manufacturing for McDATA Corporation. &#147;We have already met
with members of the JDS Uniphase integration team, and have taken the first
steps in planning for the acquisition.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The data communications market has been one of the fastest growing
areas in optical communications. Ethernet and Fibre Channel unit sales are
expected to increase from about 10 million units in 2003 to about 14 million
units in 2005, according to the 2003 forecast of optical communication industry
research firm RHK, Inc. The acquisition of E2O provides a complementary
customer set to JDS Uniphase, immediately enhancing its leadership position in
this important market.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;JDS Uniphase is committed to leadership in the data communications
market,&#148; said Don Bossi, president of JDS Uniphase&#146;s Transmission Products
Group. &#147;The acquisition of E2O provides JDS Uniphase with additional expertise
in low cost manufacturing, greater economy of scale, and other infrastructure
cost synergies that we believe will lower costs now and for the future</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. We believe these synergies and the strong cultural fit between the two
companies make this a lower-risk path to expand our role in one of our fastest
growing markets.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">H.C. Lee, Ph. D.,
president and chief executive officer of E2O, will join JDS Uniphase as vice
president of the combined datacom business unit, reporting to Don Bossi.&#160; In addition to key leadership and customer
account managers, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">E2O
also brings strong research and development capabilities and leading
technology, such as their long wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting
laser (VCSEL), which offers a breakthrough in enabling 10 Gb/s enterprise and
other applications. E2O successfully demonstrated their long wave VCSEL at the
Optical Fiber and Communication (OFC) Conference in February.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">JDS Uniphase Corporation, a worldwide leader
in optical technology, designs and manufactures products for fiberoptic
communications, as well as for markets where its core optics technologies
provide innovative solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer
applications.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s fiberoptic components and modules are
deployed by system manufacturers for the data communications,
telecommunications and cable television industries. The Company also offers
products for display, security, medical/environmental instrumentation,
decorative, aerospace and defense applications. More information is available
at www.jdsu.com.</font></p>

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<p style="font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The statements contained in this press release that
are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act
of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to (i)
the expected benefits of the acquisition, including, without limitation,
expected cost savings, product sales, customer enhancement, economies of scale
and new products or technologies, as well as the expected lower level of risk
associated with the transaction, and (ii) expectations regarding the growth of
the data communications industry, particularly Fiber Channel and Ethernet. Such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. Risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks that (a)
the acquired business will not be effectively integrated, or that such
integration may be more costly or time-consuming than expected, (b) the
acquired business may not achieve expected financial results or otherwise
perform as expected, (c) the products and technology of the acquired business
may not perform as expected, may be more costly to manufacture and sell than
anticipated or may&#160; not be accepted or
purchased by our customers, (d) expected customer demand for products of the
acquired business may be unfounded, (e) Ethernet and Fibre Channel unit sales
volumes may not increase or may decline, (f) the acquisition may not lead to
greater operational efficiencies, reductions in cost, or greater economies of
scale, and (g) those risks discussed from time to time in reports filed by JDS
Uniphase Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the
date hereof and JDS Uniphase Corporation assumes no obligation to update the
reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements.</font></i></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General Inquiries</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">:
Contact your JDS Uniphase Representative or call 800-498-5378 in North America
or + 800-5378-5378 outside of North America.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:12.0pt -8.45pt .0001pt 0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Media</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">:
Pamela Sufi, Corporate Communications, 408-546-4714 or pam.sufi@jdsu.com</font></p>

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Brooke Deterline, Investor Relations, 408-546-4421, brooke.deterline@jdsu.com</font></p>

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