CIEN - NYSE
Ciena Corporation
$620.37
-1.1%Ciena Corporation provides network hardware, software, and services that support the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and management of video, data, and voice traffic on communications networks worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers hardware networking products and solutions that optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network switching, and packet switching. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as Z-Series Packet-Optical Platform; 3000 family of service delivery switches and service aggregation switches, and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and the Ethernet packet configuration for the 5410 Service Aggregation Switch; and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, network function virtualization orchestration, analytics, and related services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers OneControl unified management system and platform software services, as well as manage, control, and plan software. The company's Global Services segment provides consulting and network design, installation and deployment, maintenance support, and training services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to network operators. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.
At a Glance
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CIEN - Filing history and reports
| Filing Type | Filing Date | Period Ending | Fiscal Year | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8-K 8-K 2026 N/A | March 31, 2026 | March 26, 2026 | 2026 | |
10-Q 10-Q 2026 Q1 Q1 | March 05, 2026 | January 31, 2026 | 2026 | |
8-K 8-K 2026 N/A | March 05, 2026 | March 05, 2026 | 2026 | |
DEF 14A DEF 14A 2026 N/A | February 12, 2026 | March 26, 2026 | 2026 | |
10-K 10-K 2025 FY FY | December 12, 2025 | November 01, 2025 | 2025 | |
8-K 8-K 2025 N/A | December 11, 2025 | December 11, 2025 | 2025 | |
8-K 8-K 2025 N/A | December 04, 2025 | November 30, 2025 | 2025 | |
8-K 8-K 2025 N/A | October 07, 2025 | October 07, 2025 | 2025 | |
8-K 8-K 2025 N/A | September 22, 2025 | September 22, 2025 | 2025 | |
10-Q 10-Q 2025 Q3 Q3 | September 04, 2025 | August 02, 2025 | 2025 |
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