Ciena
Ciena Corporation, a publicly owned company founded in 1992 and headquartered in the US, employs approximately 9080 people. Its primary business involves the design, manufacture, and sale of network hardware, software, and services. These offerings support the transmission, switching, aggregation, and management of various types of communication traffic (video, data, and voice) across communications networks, with a focus on broadband aggregation and home networks. In 2024, the company reported revenues exceeding $1 billion.

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Founded

1992

Headcount

9,078

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

59

News Summary:

A March 2025 Heavy Reading survey of 241 communications service providers indicated strong interest in coherent routing and 800G adoption, with most planning to deploy coherent pluggables in routers and DWDM systems, favoring routers. In a separate development, Ciena, with partner Willcom, achieved a significant increase in fiber capacity in South Africa, exceeding previous trial performance by more than four times. Additionally, Ciena optical equipment supports Segra's construction of a new fiber route in the Carolinas, connecting Charlotte, North Carolina, to the Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station via Florence, South Carolina.

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Ciena offers 9 products in the telecoms tech and media tech industries. Ciena's product portfolio comprises of fibre access, telecoms network infrastructure, enterprise and telecoms software and connectivity and distribution services.
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Ciena's revenues were $4.0B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Ciena's revenue into 6 different product categories, the largest of which is oNTs, which represents 35% of Ciena's revenue.
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Financial Results, Business Expansion, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag
Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Q4 2025 earnings call transcript
Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) reported a strong fiscal fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results, beating earnings expectations with a reported EPS of $0.91, exceeding expectations of $0.78. The company achieved record revenue of $1.35 billion in Q4 and $4.77 billion for the full year, driven by sustained investment in high-speed connectivity technologies and disciplined execution. Ciena's progress in driving value from its operating model is reflected in Q4 earnings per share of $0.91, up 69% year-over-year, and full-year EPS of $2.64, up 45% from fiscal 2024. The company generated record orders for the year of $7.8 billion, resulting in a record backlog.
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Ciena's customers primarily consist of telecoms services and telecoms companies. Examples of Ciena's customers include BT Group, Vodafone and Telefonica. Ciena has commercial and technical partners like Comcast Corporation, Samsung Device eXperience and Telus.

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