NeoPhotonics Is Top Optical Component Supplier To Huawei For The First Half Of 2008

40 Percent YOY Sales Growth Establishes NeoPhotonics as a Top
Supplier to the World's Fastest Growing Manufacturer of
Telecommunications Network Gear
SHENZHEN, China--(Business Wire)--
NeoPhotonics today announced in conjunction with the China
International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) that sales figures from
2006 thru 2Q 2008 have established the company as a top supplier of
optical components -- for fiber access, metro and long-haul optical
network equipment -- to Huawei, one of the world's largest suppliers
of telecommunications network equipment (Huawei reported contract
sales of US $16 billion in 2007).

NeoPhotonics provides a broad spectrum of active and passive
optical components, modules and subsystems, including SONET/SDH, GPON
and GEPON transceivers, Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) DWDM
Multiplexer/Demultiplexers, VOA Multiplexers and Reconfigurable
Optical Add Drop Multiplexers (ROADM), and Micro-Electro-Mechanical
(MEMS) VOAs and Modules. Huawei uses NeoPhotonics products in their
OptiX metro and long haul systems and in their FTTx-ODN access
solutions.

"While Huawei does not officially report purchasing figures from
their suppliers, we have been informed that Huawei purchased more
optical components from NeoPhotonics than any other supplier in the
first half of 2008," stated Tim Jenks, CEO of NeoPhotonics. "We are
very pleased to achieve this level of recognition at Huawei given
Huawei's extremely rapid growth and world wide success. We feel that
NeoPhotonics has become a trusted supplier to Huawei due to our high
volume manufacturing and shipping operations in Shenzhen, our high
quality and our advanced technology."

"NeoPhotonics has located the bulk of its manufacturing
infrastructure and a significant portion of its development
engineering resources here in Shenzhen, and we have made serving
Shenzhen based telecom system companies like Huawei a strong
priority," stated Ping Xie, General Manager of NeoPhotonics China. "We
have watched Huawei's spectacular growth on the international stage
with admiration, and we are determined to continue to meet Huawei's
needs for advanced higher performance optical components."

NeoPhotonics is showcasing here at CIOE, in booth A811, the
industry's most complete portfolio of MEMS and PLC based optical
solutions, as well as NeoPhotonics(R) extensive portfolio of GPON and
GEPON transceivers for FTTH applications and its broad line of telecom
transceiver products in SFF, SFP and XFP form factors.

About NeoPhotonics

NeoPhotonics Corporation is a leading developer and vertically
integrated manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based
components, modules and subsystems for use in telecommunications
networks. Our products include active semiconductor, passive PLC and
MEMS multi-dimensional switching functions in a single product. This
integration is enabled by integration, nanomaterials and nanoscale
design and fabrication technologies. Backed by leading venture capital
firms and institutional investors, NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters
in San Jose, California and ISO 9001:2000 certified engineering and
manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China.

NeoPhotonics is a registered trademark and the red dot logo is a
trademark of NeoPhotonics Corporation. All other marks are the
property of their respective owners.

www.neophotonics.com

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