Xtera Expands Support

ALLEN, Texas -- Xtera Communications Inc, announced today the opening of five sales and support centers around the globe. Execution of this initiative is in line with the strategy communicated by Xtera's press release dated March 3, 2004.

The announcement of new sales and support centers demonstrates Xtera's commitment to create a premier global support organization staffed by individuals with proven track records. The first opening occurred in France to support the EMEA region following successful customer wins and a flawless deployment of an all-optical multi-service network.

Mr. Bertrand Clesca, Managing Director EMEA, joined Xtera in late 2004. Mr. Clesca has 20 years of engineering, marketing and customer support of optical communication networks. Mr. Clesca's previous positions included management and executive management duties at several global communication firms including Alcatel and Corvis. Mr. Clesca is joined in the EMEA region, by Miguel Art, Regional Sales Director, who has a very successful sales track record and more than 20 years of experience cultivating business relationships in this region.

Sales and support centers were also launched to support China and South East Asia, Japan and South America.

Mr. Chungmin (CM) Lu heads the China and South East Asia regional support center. Mr. Lu joined Xtera after spending more than 20 years in influential positions in the investment communities of both Asia and the USA. Mr. Lu will lead business development and customer relationship activity from the regional support centers located in Taipei and Shanghai.

Mr. Yuki Nagasako has been recruited to manage the office located in Japan. Mr. Nagasako, with a reputation as an authority on optical communication systems, has been leading technical and business development activity in both Asia-Pacific and the US for many years. He has established a successful track record of building business, partner and customer relations while working for such companies as Asia Global Crossing, Lucent (Japan), NTT Transmission Systems Lab and Nissho Electronics.

Mr. Fernando Takiyama, with more than a decade of engineering and business experience, joins Xtera to lead the South American regional support center located in Sao Paolo, Brasil. Mr. Takiyama has successfully performed on cross-functional teams while developing business and business relationships in Asia and South America.

"We look forward to offering our global customers local support along with unmatched technology to meet their needs of simplifying and automating their networks. Each support center has been staffed with individuals that have demonstrated the knowledge and expertise to be successful in their particular region", stated Jon Hopper, CEO.

Xtera Communications Inc.