News Release

Cisco Systems' Conference Call for Q2 Fiscal Year 2004 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif, --- January 20, 2004 --- Cisco Systems has
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Jan 20, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif, --- January 20, 2004 --- Cisco Systems has scheduled a conference call on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 1:30 PM (PT) to announce its second quarter fiscal year 2004 financial results.

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 3, 2004.

Cisco's quarterly earnings press release will be posted at www.cisco.com, under the "News@Cisco" section. 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 3, 2004
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).
888-989-9826
210-234-8593 (for International Callers)
RSVP: No RSVP is necessary
Replay:

A telephone playback of the Q2 FY 2004 conference call will be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on February 3, 2004 through 4:30 PM (PT) on February 10, 2004. The replay will be available by calling 800-834-5819 (International callers: 402-280-1651). The call runs 24 hours/day, including weekends.

An archived version of the webcast will be available on Cisco Systems' Investor Relations website at www.cisco.com/go/investors.