POWER OF ATTORNEY


                KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Servjeet S. Bhachu as his true and lawful attorney-
in-fact to:

(1)     prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) and
Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Act"), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a stockholder of Sycamore Networks, Inc. (the "Company"), any and
all Forms 3, 4, and 5 required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Act or Schedules 13D or 13G required to be filed by
Section 13(d) or Section 13(g) of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder;

(3)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4 or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(4)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in his discretion.

                The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is
hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16, Section 13(d) or Section 13(g) of
the Act.

                This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or
Schedules 13D or 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-
fact.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 13th day of January, 2010.




                      /s/ Gururaj Deshpande
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                      Gururaj Deshpande
                      Manager, Sparta Group MA LLC Series 4