Atrica Adds Advisors

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Atrica Inc., poised to be the leading provider of Optical Ethernet equipment for the $15 billion Metro networking market, today announced that several key industry leaders have joined the company's advisory board. Adding to the carrier-savvy team already in place, Jean-Jacques Damlamian, executive vice president, Development Division for France Telecom, John Hart, 3Com Fellow and former CTO and senior vice president at 3Com Corp., Dr. Patrice Henault, former Chairman and CEO of Harris Communication and former managing director of TRT Lucent Technologies, and Dr. Nobuo Kamata, president of Soliton Systems K.K. of Japan, have all joined Atrica's advisory board. Together, the four gentlemen represent 90+ years of experience in managing carrier networks, developing networking and communications equipment, and leading successful engineering and marketing organizations. "We continue to attract the best and brightest to our management team, our board of directors and our advisory board," said Vivek Ragavan, president and CEO of Atrica. "The fact that these industry leaders are interested in participating on our advisory board attests to the fact that Atrica has a very promising future and is already viewed as a leader in the Metro market. We are fortunate to have the ongoing interest and input of such high-caliber individuals." Atrica Inc.