News Release
Dec 17, 1999

Cisco Systems' "Speaker Series" Conference Call and Webcast on Optical Internetworking

Media Alert SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 1999 -- Cisco Systems
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Media Alert

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15, 1999 -- Cisco Systems will host a conference call and webcast, with corresponding slide presentation, on Friday, December 17, 1999 at 1:30 PM (PST), highlighting its Optical Internetworking Business Unit. Financial Analysts and Cisco Investors are invited to participate.

On December 13, 1999, Cisco announced its 12000 Terabit System and the 12016 Gigabit Switch Router (GSR). Please join Graeme Fraser, Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Internetworking Business Unit, as he walks through a presentation describing in detail how the Terabit System and 12016 GSR support Terabit Scale Internets.

No previously unannounced issues will be discussed in these calls.

  • WHO: Cisco Systems, Inc.

  • WHEN: Friday, December 17, 1999

  • TIME: 1:30 PM (PST); 4:30 (EST)

  • RSVP: No RSVP is necessary
To Listen via Telephone:
800-255-2466
212-676-4910 (for International Callers)

Listen and watch via the Internet:We are proud to offer a live and replay audio broadcast of the conference call, with synchronized slides, at www.cisco.com under Investor Information.

Replay: The playback of the Speaker Series conference call, with synchronized slides, will be available on the Cisco Systems website at www.cisco.com, under Investor Information.

A replay of the call will also be available beginning at 3:30 PM (PST) on December 17, 1999 and ending at 3:30 PM (PST) on December 22, 1999, by calling 800-633-8284 (International callers: 858-812-6440), reservation number 13860456. The call runs 24 hours/day, including weekends.

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