NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tim Wiggins, Tellabs executive vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to the investment community at the Deutsche Bank 2005 Information Technology Hardware Conference on March 9 in Miami, Fla., at 10:40 a.m. Eastern time.

Interested investors can access a live audio webcast of the presentation at tellabs.com. An on-demand replay of the webcast will be available starting 24 hours after the presentation and will be archived for 14 days.

Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) delivers technology that transforms the way the world communicates(TM). Tellabs experts design, develop, deploy and support wireless and wireline network solutions. The company's comprehensive broadband portfolio enables carriers in more than 100 countries to succeed in the new competitive environment. Tellabs is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. http://www.tellabs.com .

Tellabs(R), Tellabs logo(R) and Technology that Transforms the Way the World Communicates(TM) are trademarks of Tellabs or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Any other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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