2003 press releases

Date Headline
12/31/2003 CIENA SELECTED TO PROVIDE NEXT-GENERATION OPTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR DISA GIG-BE NETWORK
12/22/2003 CIENA Completes Redemption of 5% Convertible Notes Originally Issued by ONI Systems Corp.
12/11/2003 CIENA Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2003 Results
11/20/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES REPORTING DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL FOR FISCAL 2003 FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS
11/19/2003 CIENA NAMES NICK JEFFERY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, WORLDWIDE SALES
11/18/2003 CIENA REDUCES DEBT WITH FULL REDEMPTION OF 5% CONVERTIBLE NOTES ORIGINALLY ISSUED BY ONI SYSTEMS CORP.
11/17/2003 SINGTEL AWARDS CIENA MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT FOR ONLINE EDGE MULTISERVICE PLATFORM
10/30/2003 CIENA’S METRO NETWORKING SOLUTIONS GRANTED ‘RUS ACCEPTANCE’ BY USDA’S RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
10/27/2003 ESCON ENHANCEMENTS TO CIENA’S ONLINE EDGE PLATFORM REDUCE THE COST OF DELIVERING STORAGE EXTENSION SERVICES
10/23/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES NEW ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS, ADDS KEY CHANNEL PARTNERS THROUGH ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS GROUP
10/09/2003 SUNBELT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO RESELL CIENA NETWORKING PORTFOLIO AS SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE MEMBER
10/01/2003 CIENA UNVEILS GROWING PORTFOLIO OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS TO ITU TELECOM WORLD 2003 VISITORS
09/25/2003 LUMINOUS NETWORKS SIGNS WORLDWIDE RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH CIENA
09/10/2003 CIENA SIGNS RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH LAUREL NETWORKS
09/04/2003 INFONET CHOOSES CIENA SOLUTIONS FOR USE ON ITS WORLDWIDE NETWORK
09/03/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF AKARA TRANSACTION
08/26/2003 COX COMMUNICATIONS SELECTS CIENA’S ONLINE MULTISERVICE SOLUTIONS FOR NATIONWIDE NETWORK
08/21/2003 CIENA Reports Third Quarter Results
08/21/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO ACQUIRE AKARA
08/20/2003 BIRCH TELECOM SELECTS MULTISERVICE SWITCHING SOLUTION FROM CIENA FOR EXPANDING SERVICES
08/14/2003 CIENA INTEGRATES ETHERNET MULTIPLEXING INTO ONLINE EDGE
08/05/2003 CIENA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REPORTING DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL FOR FISCAL 2003 THIRD QUARTER
07/17/2003 CIENA RELEASES ON-DESIGNER SOFTWARE SUITE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN, VALIDATION AND TURN-UP OF END-TO-END NETWORKS
07/10/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES NEW CORESTREAM CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE END-TO-END DATA SERVICE OFFERINGS AND LOWER NETWORK COSTS
07/02/2003 ENHANCEMENTS TO CIENA’S METRODIRECTOR K2 ENABLE FLEXIBLE NEW ETHERNET SERVICES ON EXISTING NETWORKS
06/26/2003 ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY DEPLOYS CIENA’S ONLINE METRO FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIONS
06/24/2003 CIENA APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF CHINA OPERATIONS
06/19/2003 CIENA INTEGRATES MANAGEMENT OF MULTISERVICE SOLUTIONS
06/18/2003 KPN EURORINGS CHOOSES CIENA'S ONLINE METRO PLATFORM TO PROVIDE HIGH-VALUE SERVICES TO PAN EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS
06/16/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF WAVESMITH TRANSACTION
06/12/2003 CIENA APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR EMEA REGION
06/03/2003 CIENA LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM
06/03/2003 CIENA LAUNCHES ONLINE METRO SERVICE AGGREGATOR, DESIGNED TO HELP CARRIERS IMPROVE SERVICE MARGINS
05/27/2003 CIENA TO DEMONSTRATE LIGHTWORKS SERVICES AT SUPERCOMM 2003
05/22/2003 CIENA Reports Second Quarter Results
05/15/2003 CIENA LAUNCHES LIGHTWORKS SERVICES TO IMPROVE ECONOMICS OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND ENABLE CARRIER-CLASS, HIGH-BANDWIDTH DATA SERVICES
05/14/2003 MEDIA ADVISORY
05/07/2003 CIENA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REPORTING DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL FOR FISCAL 2003 SECOND QUARTER
05/06/2003 CIENA Announces HSR Clearance of Acquisition of WaveSmith Networks, Inc.
05/01/2003 BT CHOOSES CIENA AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR ITS NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK
04/28/2003 JURY ISSUES FAVORABLE VERDICT IN CIENA PATENT CASE
04/09/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO ACQUIRE WAVESMITH
04/02/2003 DAEGU BANK AND BUSAN BANK KOREA UTILIZE CIENA’S ONLINE METRO EQUIPMENT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY SYSTEM
03/04/2003 CIENA CORPORATION TO WEBCAST ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
02/26/2003 CIENA’S COREDIRECTOR™ OPTICAL NETWORKING SOLUTION COMPLETES TELCORDIA ™ OSMINE SERVICES PROCESS
02/20/2003 CIENA Reports First Quarter Results
02/06/2003 CIENA HELPS THUS PLC DELIVER FIRST CARRIER-QUALITY GIGABIT ETHERNET SERVICE TO UK “NATIONAL NETWORK” ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS
02/06/2003 CIENA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REPORTING DATE AND CONFERENCE CALL FOR FISCAL 2003 FIRST QUARTER
01/23/2003 Nortel Networks, CIENA Corporation Announce Settlement
01/14/2003 CIENA ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION OF TENDER OFFER FOR ONI SYSTEMS CORP. NOTES DUE 2005