2000 press releases

Date Headline
12/19/2000 CIENA EXTENDS THE REACH OF INTELLIGENT OPTICAL NETWORKING TO METROPOLITAN NETWORKS WITH AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE CYRAS
12/14/2000 CIENA UNVEILS STRATEGY FOR NEXT-GENERATION, INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SWITCHING
12/08/2000 CISCO SYSTEMS, CIENA FIRST TO DEMONSTRATE OC-192 VERY SHORT REACH OPTICS CAPABILITIES
12/07/2000 CIENA Reports Fourth Quarter Revenue of $287.6 Million, Pro Forma Net Income
12/07/2000 BROADWING TO DEPLOY CIENA'S COREDIRECTOR ON ITS ALL-OPTICAL NETWORK
11/30/2000 GENUITY TO DEPLOY CIENA'S COREDIRECTOR IN ITS NATIONWIDE NETWORK
11/21/2000 CIENA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REPORTING DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL FOR FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2000 RESULTS
11/13/2000 INTEROUTE CHOOSES CIENA TO PROVIDE INTELLIGENT OPTICAL TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS
11/03/2000 LAWTON W. FITT JOINS CIENA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
10/19/2000 CIENA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PATRICK NETTLES NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER GARY SMITH BECOMES PRESIDENT
10/12/2000 CIENA UNVEILS STRATEGIC COMPONENT CAPABILITIES
10/05/2000 CIENA TO STRENGTHEN ASIAN PRESENCE WITH NEW HONG KONG OFFICE, APPOINTS CLAUDE ACHCAR VICE PRESIDENT, ASIA
09/25/2000 KOREA TELECOM AND CIENA UNVEIL LARGEST ASIAN DEPLOYMENT OF INTELLIGENT OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKING
09/05/2000 CIENA TO RECORD CHARGE IN FISCAL FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST RECEIVABLE; NO CHANGE TO CIENA'S FUTURE REVENUE EXPECTATIONS
08/28/2000 CIENA ADDS RATE-ADAPTIVE GIGABIT ETHERNET TO ITS SERVICE-ENABLING LIGHTWORKS TOOLKIT
08/23/2000 PROTEL TO LIGHT NEW OPTICAL INTERNET ACROSS MEXICO WITH INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SOLUTIONS FROM CIENA
08/17/2000 CIENA Reports Third Quarter Revenue of $233.3 Million, Net Income of $0.19 per Diluted Share
08/15/2000 CIENA ANNOUNCES TWO-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT
07/24/2000 NEXTLINK CHOOSES CIENA OPTICAL SYSTEMS TO "LIGHT" NEXT-GENERATION NORTH AMERICAN BACKBONE NETWORK
07/19/2000 CIENA SEEKS TO PROTECT ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST CORVIS CORPORATION
07/18/2000 JUDITH M. O'BRIEN JOINS CIENA BOARD
07/10/2000 CIENA, CABLE & WIRELESS FIRST TO DEPLOY 10G METROPOLITAN OPTICAL TRANSPORT SOLUTION
06/15/2000 CIENA CLASS ACTION SUIT DISMISSED WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND
06/08/2000 CIENA, WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS STAKE CLAIM AS LEADERS IN NEW OPTICAL SERVICES THROUGH NETWORK INTELLIGENCE
05/31/2000 CIENA BRINGS THE INTELLIGENT OPTICAL INTERNET TO SUPERCOMM 2000
05/18/2000 CIENA Reports Second Quarter Revenue of $185.7 Million, Net Income of $0.12 per Diluted Share
05/17/2000 CIENA PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT WITH LIGHTWORKS ON-CENTER
05/17/2000 CIENA ANNOUNCES DISMISSAL OF CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
05/15/2000 CIENA INTRODUCES NEW OPTICAL SWITCH, DRIVES INTELLIGENCE CLOSER TO THE NETWORK EDGE
05/09/2000 CIENA'S LIGHTWORKS SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT QWEST COMMUNICATIONS' ALL-OPTICAL NATIONWIDE NETWORK
04/20/2000 CIENA, JUNIPER NETWORKS ENABLE NEXT-GENERATION BROADBAND SERVICES
04/12/2000 RHK REPORT NAMES CIENA LEADER IN EUROPEAN OPTICAL NETWORKS MARKET
04/10/2000 CIENA LAUNCHES OPERATIONS IN BRAZIL
04/05/2000 PSINET NAMES CIENA STRATEGIC SUPPLIER OF INTELLIGENT OPTICAL NETWORKING SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL NETWORK EXPANSION
04/03/2000 CIENA NAMES CHRIS SIMPSON SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE SALES
03/16/2000 GTS TO DEPLOY CIENA'S OC-192 MULTIWAVE CORESTREAM CREATING ONE OF EUROPE'S LARGEST OPTICAL NETWORKS
03/07/2000 CIENA ADDS OPTICAL PRIORITY PROVISIONING TO ITS LIGHTWORKS TOOLKIT
03/06/2000 CIENA FIRST TO INTRODUCE 10G CAPABILITY FOR INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SWITCHING
03/02/2000 CIENA INTRODUCES TRANSPARENT SERVICE MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY TO ITS LIGHTWORKS TOOLKIT
02/28/2000 CIENA INTRODUCES LOW-COST ENTRY SYSTEM FOR BROADBAND SERVICES IN METROPOLITAN NETWORKS
02/17/2000 CIENA Reports First Quarter Revenue of $152.2 million, Net Income of $0.06 per Diluted Share
02/10/2000 CIENA SUPPLIES LIGHTWORKS SOLUTIONS TO IRELAND'S ESAT TELECOM, FURTHER EXPANDING EUROPEAN PRESENCE
02/09/2000 CIENA EXPANDS ITS ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION TO INCLUDE ISO 9000-3 GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
01/25/2000 CIENA UNVEILS LIGHTWORKS TOOLKIT FOR NEW OPTICAL SERVICES
01/20/2000 CIENA TO PROVIDE OPTICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE GLOBAL CROSSING NETWORK
01/17/2000 CIENA APPOINTS CHADDICK SENIOR VP, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY; CHAMPA ASSUMES STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT ROLE
01/14/2000 CIENA APPOINTS GERALD H. TAYLOR TO BOARD
01/04/2000 GERMANY'S HANSENET OPTS FOR CIENA'S METRO OPTICAL TRANSPORT SOLUTION