Ciena

Ciena offers WaveLogic 6 Nano coherent pluggables, including 800ZR/ZR+ and a 1.6 Tb/s Coherent-Lite design for data center fabric and campus links. The latter supports dual 800G data paths within one 3 nm DSP.

Role Network OEM Top speed 1.6T

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Source per value
Role Where the company sits in the optics supply chain: pluggable module maker, DSP and chip supplier, laser and component maker, network OEM that sells its own optics, contract manufacturer, optical I/O and co-packaged optics developer, or active electrical cable maker.
Network OEM 1
Top speed Gb/s Highest module or chip application rate documented in the cited sources, in Gb/s (1600 = 1.6T). A historical catalog or announcement is not proof of today’s maximum or volume shipments.
1,600 2
Speeds Data-center speed grades in the current portfolio, as the company lists them.
800ZR, 800G ZR+, 1.6T Coherent-Lite 1
1.6T status Evidence for the 1.6T module or chip: volume/revenue shipping, customer sampling, or public demo/announcement. Blank means no dated status established; inspect the source date.
Not published
Form factors Pluggable form factors offered (QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP112, QSFP-DD, OSFP, OSFP-XD and so on), or the package type for chips and engines.
Not published
LPO / LRO Offers linear pluggable optics (LPO) or linear receive optics (LRO), or the drivers, TIAs or DSPs built for them.
Not published
CPO / optical I/O Offers co-packaged optics, optical engines for CPO, or optical I/O chiplets.
Not published
Silicon photonics Identifies silicon photonics in a published product, design or demonstration. This flag does not establish volume shipments.
Not published
Coherent (ZR) Offers coherent pluggables or coherent DSPs (400ZR, ZR+, 800ZR) for data center interconnect.
Yes 1
Lasers Laser technologies the company makes or uses: VCSEL, EML, DML, CW lasers for silicon photonics, or tunable lasers.
Not published
Reaches Reach classes offered, from SR (multimode, about 100 m) through DR, FR and LR (single-mode, 500 m to 10 km) to ZR (80 km and beyond).
Not published
Named customers Hyperscaler or major customers the company or its filings name publicly.
Not published
Revenue Reported annual revenue in the original currency and fiscal year. Figures may cover an entire group and periods differ; this is not an optics market-share ranking.
US$4.77B (FY2025, ended Nov 2025) 3
Optics revenue share Share or amount of revenue from optical transceivers, datacom or the relevant segment, where a filing or earnings release states it.
Not published
Listing Stock exchange and ticker, or Private.
NYSE: CIEN 3
Manufacturing Countries where the company states it manufactures.
Not published
Parent Owner company for subsidiaries and acquired businesses.
Not published

Sources

  1. Ciena: WaveLogic 6 Nano accessed 2026-11-11
  2. Ciena: 1.6 Tb/s coherent pluggable for hyperscale cloud providers accessed 2026-11-11
  3. Ciena: Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 accessed 2026-11-11

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