Ciena: Progress and Execution
Over the last several years, through the dedicated efforts of Ciena employees, we have significantly transformed this company; diversifying our product portfolio and our customer base; leveraging our customer relationships and forging new ones; prioritizing our investments and working to maximize our operating efficiencies.
These efforts have significantly expanded our product and market reach, yet we are not trying to be all things to all customers. Rather, we have chosen to focus our expertise on those applications that are critical to our customers’ business.
We have repeatedly stated that a return to profitability is a near-term focus for Ciena. How will we get there? And beyond? While profitability will be a critical milestone for us, our goal has been and remains achieving profitable revenue growth that drives earnings growth and sustained shareholder value moving forward.
We have already taken the big steps we need to in order to achieve profitability; we have already put in place the plans to get us to where we need to be. To use a sports analogy: we’ve come all the way down the field; play by play; as a team that has worked incredibly hard for every single yard. Now, it is about pushing it over the goal line. It is about continued focus and consistent execution.
Investor Relations Contact Information:
1201 Winterson Road
Linthicum, MD 21090
(Phone) 888-243-6223
(Email) ir@ciena.com
Since its IPO in 1997, Ciena has traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CIEN
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