CIENA INCITING TELECOMM REVOLUTION
The View from the Front Line -- OFC Booth #901
Linthicum, MD — 02/15/1999Visitors to the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference '99 at the San Diego Convention Center from February 23 - 25, will witness the comprehensive strategy and array of revolutionary products that Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) and its industry partners have coordinated to advance the transformation of the telecommunications infrastructure.
As leaders in this transformation, representatives from Enron Communications, GST Telecommunications and Sprint will be at Ciena's Booth #901 to discuss their network strategies and their deployments of Ciena's market leading optical networking products.
On both February 23 and 24 the appearance schedule at Ciena's booth includes:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Enron Communications - "IP over DWDM".
Stan Hanks, Vice President of Research and Technology.
Enron Communications is building long-haul fiber-optic networks on strategic routes throughout the United States in an effort to create a data-centric national fiber-optic backbone. Enron Communications focuses on the wholesale bandwidth needs of the telecommunications service provider.
1:00 - 2:00 PM: GST Telecommunications - "Integrated Optical Networking"
Phil Markwart, Senior Engineer.
GST Telecommunications, Inc., an Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., provides a broad range of integrated telecommunications products and services, including local dial tone, Internet, long distance, and enhanced data services throughout California and the Unites States.
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Sprint - "Enabling Broadband Services-Sprint's ION Network"
Bill Szeto, Manager, New Technology Programs.
Sprint is a global communications company at the forefront of integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services. The company built and operates the United States' only nationwide, all-digital, fiber-optic network. A leader in advanced data communications services, Sprint is also one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic.
For more information about Ciena's revolutionary approach to optical networking or for additional details about OFC in San Diego, visit Ciena's new website www.ciena.com/revolution.
Based in Linthicum, Maryland, Ciena Corporation is a market leader of open architecture, optical networking systems that form the core of telecommunications networks worldwide. Ciena's networking solutions utilize bandwidth expanding dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology and include the MultiWave® 1600 long-haul transport system, WaveWatcher® network management software, the MultiWave Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer, the MultiWave Sentry™ enhanced long-distance transport system and the new MultiWave® Firefly and MultiWave Metro™ short-haul systems. Through its Ciena Services subsidiary, Ciena provides a range of engineering, furnishing and installation (EF&I) services for telecommunications service providers in the areas of transport, switching and wireless communications.
Forward-looking statements in this release, are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, and such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which include the risk factors disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 1998.
Nicole Anderson
Ciena Corporation
(877) 857 -7377
pr@ciena.com
Marie Downing
Ciena Corporation
(888) 243-6223
ir@ciena.com
