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Ciena Corporation is a networking systems, services, and software company providing equipment, software, and services supporting the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, and management of voice, video, and data traffic on communications networks. The company provides optical networking solutions, packet networking platforms, software automation, and professional services to telecommunications carriers, cable operators, cloud providers, enterprises, and government customers. Ciena's products enable high-capacity networks supporting bandwidth growth from video streaming, cloud computing, and mobile data traffic. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, Ciena has built leading positions in optical transport networking and packet-optical convergence. The company serves customers globally including major telecommunications carriers and large enterprises requiring scalable, high-performance networks. Ciena benefits from secular growth in network traffic, 5G deployments, cloud interconnection, and optical networking technology leadership. The company faces competitive pressures from larger networking vendors, customer spending patterns, and technology transitions. Ciena continues to invest in innovation including coherent optics, packet networking, and software automation to maintain technology leadership and drive growth.