Who are Ciena's customers?

Ciena's tracked customers include NVIDIA, Arista Networks, Cisco Systems.

Where is Ciena headquartered?

Ciena is based in United States.

Ciena

Q: What does Ciena make?

Ciena makes WaveLogic coherent optical engines, 6500 Packet-Optical platforms, Blue Planet network automation software, Waveserver AI coherent transport, 400G / 800G DWDM systems.

Q: Who are Ciena's key suppliers?

Ciena's tracked suppliers include Broadcom, Marvell Technology, Coherent, Lumentum Holdings.

Q: What part of the semiconductor supply chain is Ciena in?

Ciena operates in the Networking & Systems and Photonics & Optics segments, where it is a market major.

Ciena is a major in the AI & Data Center segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in United States. Its key suppliers include Broadcom, Marvell Technology, Coherent. Its key customers include NVIDIA, Arista Networks, Cisco Systems.

Optical networking and coherent transport for data-center interconnect.

Ticker: NYSE: CIEN
Headquarters: United States
Revenue: $4.8B (FY2025) · +18.8% YoY
Net income: $123M
Operating margin: 4.1%
Market position: major
Value-chain segment: Networking & Systems, Photonics & Optics
Key products: WaveLogic coherent optical engines, 6500 Packet-Optical platforms, Blue Planet network automation software, Waveserver AI coherent transport, 400G / 800G DWDM systems

About Ciena

Ciena, headquartered in United States, operates in the Networking & Systems and Photonics & Optics segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include WaveLogic coherent optical engines, 6500 Packet-Optical platforms, Blue Planet network automation software, Waveserver AI coherent transport, 400G / 800G DWDM systems. wafergraph maps 4 tracked suppliers and 3 tracked customers for Ciena across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 68/100, with 235 companies downstream of it.

Role in the chain

Ciena is a market major in AI & Data Center (Networking & Systems), headquartered in United States. Optical networking and coherent transport for data-center interconnect.

Diligence questions

The dataset records 4 tracked suppliers for Ciena. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
1 of Ciena's tracked suppliers are a monopoly or leader (including Broadcom). Which of those are actually single-source for the process step you care about?
The dataset names 3 tracked customers for Ciena. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
Ciena is headquartered in United States. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
Ciena trades as NYSE:CIEN. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

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