OTTAWA and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU - news; Toronto: JDU - news) today announced that Kevin Kennedy, chief operating officer of Openwave Systems, and Richard T. Liebhaber, retired executive vice president and chief technology officer of MCI Communications, have joined the Company's Board of Directors. "We are excited to welcome Kevin and Dick to our Board. Each brings extensive experience in telecommunications; Kevin from Openwave, Cisco Systems and Bell Laboratories and Dick from MCI and IBM," said Jozef Straus, co-chairman, president and chief executive officer of JDS Uniphase. "Their insight and expertise in fiberoptic communications at the system and carrier levels will be invaluable as we continue to develop solutions that enable next-generation telecommunications systems." JDS Uniphase Inc.