Article: JDS UNIPHASE TO ACQUIRE OPTICAL MEMS TECHNOLOGY LEADER CRONOS.

PR Newswire, London, April 4. This press release is transmitted on behalf of JDS Uniphase Corporation.

Nepean, Ontario and San Jose, California - JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and Toronto: JDU) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Cronos Integrated Microsystems, Inc. for US Dollars 750 million payable in stock. Cronos, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is a pioneer and leading provider of optical MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) devices to the telecommunications industry.

MEMS technology is expected to play a key role in a wide variety of future generations of optical components. Such components ...

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