SAN JOSE, Calif,. January 21, 2003 - Cisco Systems has scheduled a conference call on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 1:30 PM (PT) to announce its Q2 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 Tuesday, February 4, 2003.

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".

Date:February 4, 2003

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).

800-369-1988
312-470-7224(for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Replay:A telephone playback of the Q2 FY 2003 conference call will be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on February 4, 2003 through 4:30PM (PT) on February 11, 2003. The replay will be available by calling 800-685-9460 (International callers: 402-220-0287). 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.

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