Infinera Names Dirk Corsus VP of Systems Engineering

SUNNYVALE, CA, May 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) has appointed Dirk Corsus as vice president of
systems engineering to provide further experience and leadership to the
company's systems engineering team. Mr. Corsus brings more than 20 years
of global experience in engineering and product development, with
particular expertise in optical networking and telecommunications
switching environments.

Mr. Corsus spent 23 years with Alcatel and Alcatel Lucent managing global
engineering teams, and has been involved with product launches including
optical, routing, and access products. He has deep experience with the
design and implementation of carrier-class systems to meet the highest
standards of service providers worldwide. Among his positions at Alcatel,
Mr. Corsus served as Vice President of Engineering and Product Solutions
for the Fiber to the User Group, where he was responsible for the
development and launch of an Ethernet-centric access solution which
rapidly became a market leading business with a worldwide customer list
including many of the world's largest telecom companies.

"Infinera's photonic integration technology has allowed us to create the
densest digital optical transport platform, bringing significant operating
expense savings for our customers while reducing carbon footprint," Mr.
Corsus commented. "Whereas only a few years ago, systems showed up in the
market that moved a few hundreds of Gigabit of traffic around in each
rack, our upcoming next generation of PIC technology will be designed to
scale to multiple Terabits per rack and enable higher speed interfaces
such as 100 Gigabit Ethernet."

"Dirk is a highly skilled engineering leader and he will help us
accelerate our product development efforts, in our current segments and
new ones," commented Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh.

The Infinera DTN, the first optical system based on large-scale photonic
integrated circuits, is the leader in the long-haul optical networking
market in North America. Deployed in long-haul and metro core networks,
the Infinera DTN combines high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital
bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single
platform.

About Infinera

Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler and more flexible engineering and
operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver
differentiated services without reengineering their optical
infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.infinera.com/.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future,
including that Infinera's photonic integration technology creates the
densest digital optical transport platform, bringing significant operating
expense savings for our customers while reducing carbon footprint; that;
our upcoming next generation of PIC technology will be designed to scale
to multiple Terabits per rack and enable higher speed interfaces such as
100 Gigabit Ethernet; and that the Infinera DTN, the first optical system
based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, is the leader in the
long-haul optical networking market in North America. Such
forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such
as "anticipated," "believed," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The risks and
uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include
aggressive business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a
single product, our ability to protect our intellectual property, claims
by others that we infringe their intellectual property, our manufacturing
process is very complex, product performance problems we may encounter,
our dependence on sole or limited source suppliers, our ability to
respond to rapid technological changes, our ability to maintain effective
internal controls, the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform
as we expect, a new technology being developed that replaces the PIC as
the dominant technology in optical networks, general political, economic
and market conditions and events, including war, conflict or acts of
terrorism; and other risks that may impact Infinera's business are set
forth in our annual report Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on
February 17, 2009, as well as subsequent reports filed with or furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are based on
information available to us as of the date hereof and we disclaim any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this
press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.

For media and analysts:

Media:
Jeff Ferry
Tel. +1-408-572-5213
jferry@infinera.com

Investors:
Bob Blair
Tel. (408) 716-4879
bblair@infinera.com

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