News Release

Cisco Systems' Conference Call for Q1 Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 21, 2002 - Cisco Systems has
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Oct 21, 2002

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 21, 2002 - Cisco Systems has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 1:30 PM (PT) to announce its Q1 FY 2003 financial results. You are invited to participate.

Financial results will be released over First Call, Full National Business Wire, Analyst Wire as well as the European Business and Technical Wire after the close of the market on Wednesday, November 6, 2002.

You can also find the press release on our World Wide Web page at www.cisco.com. To receive a "turn-around fax" of our financial results, please call our Investor Relations hotline at (408) 526-8890 after 1:20PM (PT) and follow the instructions in "Option 1".

Note: Cisco has moved the start time of its Q1 FY03 conference call to 1:30pm (PT)

Date:November 6, 2002

Time:1:30 PM (PT); 4:30 PM (ET)

To Listen via the Internet:
We are pleased to offer our live and replay audio broadcast of the conference call at www.cisco.com/go/investors.

To Listen via Telephone: (Due to the limited number of lines available, we encourage you to dial-in approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the call).

800-369-1742
312-470-7224(for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Replay:A telephone playback of the Q1 FY 2003 conference call will be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on November 6, 2002 through 4:30PM (PT) on November 13, 2002. The replay will be available by calling 888-568-0124 (International callers: 402-530-7791). The call runs 24 hours/day, including weekends.

An archive version will also be available on Cisco Systems' website at www.cisco.com/go/investors.