CIENA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INVESTOR RELATIONS CONFERENCE CALL
Linthicum, MD — 11/09/2001Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) will host a brief teleconference call with shareholders and the financial community beginning at 8:45 a.m. (Eastern) on Monday, November 12, 2001. A live web broadcast of the conference call can be heard through a link on Ciena's website: http://www.ciena.com/investors
Rebroadcast Information
For those listeners unable to participate in the live web broadcast on Monday, November 12, an archived version of the webcast will be available shortly following the conclusion of the live broadcast in the Investor Relations section of Ciena's website at: http://www.ciena.com/investors.
About Ciena
Ciena Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. Ciena's LightWorks™ architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about Ciena can be found at http://www.ciena.com.
Ciena Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. Ciena's LightWorks™ architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about Ciena can be found at http://www.ciena.com.
Press Contacts:
Nicole Anderson
Ciena Corporation
(877) 857 -7377
pr@ciena.com
Nicole Anderson
Ciena Corporation
(877) 857 -7377
pr@ciena.com
Investor Contacts:
Marie Downing
Ciena Corporation
(888) 243-6223
ir@ciena.com
Marie Downing
Ciena Corporation
(888) 243-6223
ir@ciena.com

