Orckit Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: ORCT) First Quarter 2008 Conference Call


TEL AVIV, Israel, April 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Orckit will release first quarter 2008 results on the morning of Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Following the release, Mr. Izhak Tamir, President, and Mr. Uri Shalom, Chief Financial Officer, would like to invite you to participate in a conference call scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the times indicated below.

To participate, please call the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your calls 5 minutes before the hour:


                      Domestic: 1- 888-459-5609
                    International: 1- 973-321-1024
                       Conference ID: 41742717
                                 At:
                   11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
                    8:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
                         6:00 p.m. (Israel)

For those unable to participate, there will be a replay available from April 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, through May 7, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Please call:



                       Domestic: 1-800-642-1687
                     International: 1-706-645-9291
                     ID Code for Replay: 41742717

This call will be available as a webcast on www.orckit.com and www.kcsa.com, and will be archived for 30 days.

About Orckit Communications

Orckit Communications Ltd. is a leading provider of advanced telecom equipment targeting high capacity broadband services. Our products include Corrigent's CM product line of metro optical transport solutions, based on RPR and MPLS technologies, delivering packet transmission services in the metro area. For more information on Orckit see www.orckit.com


 From:  Lee Roth, KCSA Strategic Communications
 Phone: (212) 682-6300 ext. 209
 Fax:   (212) 697-0910