NEC America, Inc., an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY), develops, manufactures and markets a complete line of advanced communication products and software for public and private networks. NEC America's Public Networks Group provides SONET transmission systems, optical networking systems, network management systems, digital loop carrier products and ATM switching and routing products. NEC Corporation and its affiliates worldwide are a 48-billion leader whose 154,000 employees are dedicated to providing leading edge technologies, products and solutions.

For more information contact NEC America's Public Networks Group at 800-433-2745 or visit their web site at www.necpng.com.