Ciena

http://www.ciena.com
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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

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9,078

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Broadband aggregation and home networks

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Publicly Owned

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Colt Technology Services completed a quantum-secured encryption trial on its optical wave network, collaborating with Adtran, Ciena, ID Quantique, Nokia, and Toshiba. This trial, successfully completed, involved testing three different quantum security techniques across two network environments to protect data from future quantum computing threats. The results demonstrated that each technique effectively protects data from these threats. Colt plans to offer services to global businesses based on this trial to prepare them for a quantum-secured future.

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Ciena offers 8 products in the telecoms tech and media tech industries. Ciena's product portfolio comprises of enterprise and telecoms software, broadband aggregation and home networks, connectivity and distribution services and telecoms network infrastructure.

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Ciena's revenues were $4.0B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Ciena's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is optical and fibre hardware, which represents 72% of Ciena's revenue.

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Apr

2nd

2025

11:28

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

HyperLight, McGill, Ciena achieve 3.2 Tbps optical link in O-band using intensity-modulation direct detection

A laboratory test powered by Ciena and HyperLight optical equipment has leveraged a novel modulation technique to achieve speeds reaching 3.2 Tbps over significant distances. The trial aimed to demonstrate O-band optical frequencies using a technique known as intensity-modulation direct detection (IMDD) to modulate light intensity as an information-bearing signal.

Telecompaper

Apr

2nd

2025

03:42

Artificial Intelligence

Ciena, HyperLight & McGill University achieve ‘world first’ in AI-driven data centre networking

This achievement, touted as a world first’ highlights how data centres can double their throughput using existing fibre infrastructure, meeting the rising demands of AI-driven workloads. The record-breaking demonstration was conducted at McGill University, where researchers used Ciena’s 224 GBaud DAC to generate a 448Gb/s PAM4 signal and HyperLight’s 140 GHz thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) modulators to transmit the optical signal.

Capacity Media

Apr

2nd

2025

03:21

Regulatory and Legal

Ciena receives Investment Bank Analyst Rating Update

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Investing India

Apr

1st

2025

21:05

Procurement and Sales, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Lumen and Ciena Report 1.2 Tbps Wavelength Service from Denver to Dallas - High-Performance Computing News Analysis

by Lumen Technologies and Ciena recently reported they have established a 1.2 terabit wavelength service trial across 3,050 kilometers (more than 1,800 miles) on Lumen’s Ultra-Low-Loss (ULL) fiber network,. According to the companies, this makes it the world’s longest 1.2 terabit non-regenerated signal.

Inside HPC

Apr

1st

2025

17:28

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Ciena, HyperLight, and McGill University Achieve Transmission First

Ciena, HyperLight, and McGill University Achieve Transmission First Ciena, HyperLight, and McGill University Achieve First 3.2Tb/s, 448Gb/s Per-Lane IMDD 2km Transmission Successful demonstration paves path to next frontier of data center networking Ciena, HyperLight Corporation, and McGill University announced the attainment of the first 3.2Tb/s (8×448Gb/s) O-band IMDD transmission over distance, showcasing how data throughput can be doubled utilizing existing fiber infrastructure.

Pipeline Magazine

Apr

1st

2025

08:15

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Colt completes quantum secured encryption trial across optical network

Adtran, Ciena, IDQ, Nokia and Toshiba join forces with Colt in trial exploring new ways for global businesses to overcome risks to encryption posed by quantum computers Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, today announced the successful completion of a groundbreaking quantum-secured encryption trial across its optical wave network.

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Mar

31st

2025

18:30

New Offerings, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

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Mar

31st

2025

18:30

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Ciena survey reveals AI’s strain on data centre connectivity

As the adoption of AI continues to surge globally, the data centre interconnect (DCI) networks underpinning this transformation are undergoing rapid change. A recent global survey from US-based vendor Ciena has highlighted that data centre bandwidth demands are set to increase by at least sixfold over the next five years, driven largely by AI workloads.

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Mar

31st

2025

18:30

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Mar

31st

2025

12:40

Artificial Intelligence, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Ciena (CIEN) Breaks Record with 1.2 Terabit Wavelength Trial Across 3,050 km Fiber Network

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Mar

30th

2025

18:30

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Mar

30th

2025

18:30

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Ciena

Ciena's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Ciena's customers include Telefónica, Vodafone and BT Group. Ciena has commercial and technical partners like Samsung Device eXperience, Comcast Corporation and Telus.

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