Opnext High Speed Technology Leadership on Display at ECOC 2010

Turin, Italy—September 16, 2010—Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXT), a global leader in state-of-the-art laser technology, today announced that the company will debut multiple live demonstrations at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) being held September 20 – 22 in Turin, Italy. The demonstrations will highlight key optics technologies, including a 40GbE transceiver module offering high throughput for system designers and a 100G CFP running at an OTU4 line rate. A separate display highlighting Opnext’s extensive portfolio of 40G modules will also be available.