1998 press releases

Date Headline
12/12/1998 OVUM DETERMINES GLOBAL WDM MARKET IS $1.2 BILLION IN 1998
12/10/1998 CIENA Reports Fiscal 1998 Revenue of $508.1 Million, Net Income of $0.77 per Share, Exclusive of One-Time Charges
11/12/1998 CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SELECTS CIENA'S MULTIWAVE SENTRY™ 4000 FOR DEPLOYMENT
11/03/1998 CIENA PROVIDES ENRON COMMUNICATIONS WITH DWDM EQUIPMENT IN NEW NATIONWIDE NETWORK BUILD
09/28/1998 CIENA Establishes Operation in China
09/22/1998 CIENA'S MULTIWAVE SENTRY™ 4000 TO BE DEPLOYED BY JAPAN TELECOM
09/17/1998 CIENA Announces Repricing of Employee Options
09/16/1998 CIENA MULTIWAVE SENTRY™ SELECTED BY DDI FOR DEPLOYMENT ACROSS ITS JAPANESE NETWORK
09/14/1998 CIENA Bolsters Strategy, Marketing and Sales Functions
09/14/1998 CIENA Announces Mutual Termination of Proposed Merger With Tellabs
09/14/1998 CIENA INTRODUCES OC-192 CAPABILITY FOR MULTIWAVE SENTRY™ DWDM SYSTEM
09/14/1998 CIENA Announces Summary Judgement Granted in its Favor in Kimberlin Case
09/14/1998 CIENA CEO Statement On Today's Events
09/14/1998 CIENA Reports Final Fiscal Third Quarter Results; Issues Cautious Short-Term Outlook
09/02/1998 TELLABS AND CIENA TO SET STOCKHOLDER MEETING DATES
08/28/1998 TELLABS AND CIENA Announce Merger to Proceed with Revised Exchange Ratio
08/27/1998 CIENA ACKNOWLEDGES NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS
08/21/1998 CIENA Responds to AT&T Decision Regarding DWDM System Evaluations Expresses Disappointment with Decision, but No Change to Long-Term Business Outlook
08/21/1998 CIENA Announces AT&T Decision re 40 Channel Testing
08/14/1998 CIENA ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY FISCAL THIRD QUARTER RESULTS; TELLABS AND CIENA REAFFIRM BOARDS' RECOMMENDATIONS IN FAVOR OF MERGER
07/20/1998 TELLABS AND CIENA SET RECORD DATES AND EXPECTED STOCKHOLDER MEETING DATES
06/25/1998 Telecom Development (TD) Signs 5-Year DWDM Contract with CIENA
06/18/1998 Racal Telecom Awards $15Million Contract to CIENA
06/09/1998 TELIA AB OF SWEDEN DEPLOYS CIENA's DWDM EQUIPMENT
06/08/1998 CIENA Introduces MultiWave™ Metro
06/03/1998 TELLABS AND CIENA AGREE TO MERGE
06/01/1998 CIENA Announces Resolution of Litigation with Pirelli
05/21/1998 CIENA Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $142.7 Million, EPS of $0.29 Excluding One-Time Charges and Additional Expense Accruals
04/29/1998 Hermes Europe Railtel Awards Exclusive DWDM Contract to CIENA
04/27/1998 CIENA Expands European Operation
04/22/1998 CIENA Acquires Terabit Technology, Inc.
04/20/1998 CISCO AND CIENA Announce Intent to Develop Optical Internetworking Technologies
04/20/1998 Cisco and CIENA Launch Initiative for Industry-Wide Optical Internetworking Forum
04/13/1998 CIENA Appoints Harvard's Stephen P. Bradley To Board
04/07/1998 Digital Teleport Awards $13 Million Deal to CIENA
03/30/1998 CIENA CAPTURES BELL ATLANTIC DWDM BUSINESS
03/16/1998 SPRINT INCREASES NETWORK CAPACITY, PERFORMANCE WITH DEPLOYMENT OF CIENA'S SCALEABLE 40-CHANNEL MULTIWAVE® 4000
03/16/1998 CIENA INTRODUCES MULTIWAVE® 4000 SYSTEM
03/12/1998 CIENA Wins Bid with GST Telecommunications
02/25/1998 CIENA AND CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS COMPLETE EUROPE'S LARGEST DWDM NETWORK
02/19/1998 CIENA Reports First Quarter Revenue of $134.3 Million, Earnings Per Share of $0.37
01/26/1998 CIENA Broadly Expands Service Offerings with Acquisition of ATI Telecom International, Ltd.