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The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rich Smith	Ciena Sings Same Song This quarter's gross showed a dramatic improvement not just over last year's, but over the previous two quarters of the fiscal year. But the telecom equipment maker is still losing money hand over fist. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Ciena Expands at Its Future's Expense The telecom unwisely boosts earnings by slashing R&D spending. Wise investors need to look further, and ask what the future holds for a company that refuses to invest in it.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Soothsaying Ciena Is telecom back? Judging from the price performance of telecom equipment maker Ciena's shares, you could be forgiven for thinking it is. Tomorrow we learn whether there's room left to run, as the company reports it second-quarter 2006.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Glimmers The telecom equipment maker's far from healthy, but the company does appear to be recovering -- at least at the top of the income statement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena Overshoots, Underpromises Telecom equipment maker Ciena trounced earnings expectations in their Q4 report, but projections didn't measure up.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Lucent Back in Black Company turns full-year-profitable, but dilution runs rampant.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena No Longer Burnt The telecom equipment maker has trumped Wall Street's earnings estimates for four quarters running. Twice, it even earned profits in the process. What will the company show when it reports its full-year results and fourth-quarter 2006 numbers?
The Motley Fool February 4, 2004 Rich Smith	Burnt Ciena The telecom equipment maker does an abrupt about-face on first-quarter projections.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Rich Smith	Ciena Still Bleeding But one Fool's still bullish.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Soothes The telecom equipment maker returns to Wall Street on Thursday to report its fiscal third-quarter 2006 results. Investors, will its winning streak continue?
The Motley Fool May 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Ciena's Faulty Forecasting A global provider of intelligent network and service solutions, Ciena misses estimates again, as its gross margins collapse.
InternetNews November 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Ciena Redraws Org Chart Network equipment maker Ciena promotes a company veteran for a new executive post; they have also realigned R&D.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2009 Rich Smith	Smart Move, Ciena The Maryland telecom equipment maker spies a bargain.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Ben McClure	Lucent's Rickety R&D Where is Lucent's R&D when it needs it?
The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena May Give an Unpleasant Jolt With the networking equipment maker scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2008 results on Thursday, what should investors expect?
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena Colored Red Nearly one week after reporting a rise in quarterly sales, operating profits of $2.8 million, and net profit per share of $0.12, shares of Ciena continued to fall yesterday, bringing the market-cap damage to 18% at last report. Why?
The Motley Fool June 23, 2004 Mark Mahorney	The 3Com Shuffle Networking company 3Com has managed to cut its net losses in half in the fourth quarter and tries to hang on.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Rich Smith	FuelCell Falls In This hydrogen-cell pioneer can't get moving. Shares plunged 5% on news that despite hitting its expected revenue number for the fourth-quarter of fiscal 2006, the company was unable to improve on last year's $0.40-per share loss.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Ciena Back in Black Investors, they say everybody loves a winner, and judging from the great amount of attention spawned by Ciena's return to profitability after a five-year hiatus, the saying holds true.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Anders Bylund	New Ideas at Nortel The company is remaking itself in the image of... Cisco? Ciena? Microsoft? All three? The in-home voice, data, and video market will be huge in a few years, and Nortel might as well stake out a plot before it gets too crowded.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Rich Smith	Franco Phones Falter France's Alcatel calls with some bad news for its shareholders.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Rich Duprey	Ciena Dials Up Growth The communications-equipment provider benefits from a telecom operator spending binge.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2004 Rich Smith	Ciena Retrenches The telecom equipment company will close one facility and lay off 25% of its employees.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shareholders Spooked In advance of earnings, analysts expect Ciena to drop profits by 90%.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Ciena Get Its Share of the Pie? After beating earnings estimates for most of last year, Ciena aims on Friday to start its new fiscal year off right. Here's what analysts say.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ciena Shines, Price Glares In advance of earnings, analysts expect telecom equipment maker Ciena to continue to grow both earnings and revenue.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Ben McClure	Ruminations on R&D Spending on research and development is important. But can it help identify promising investments? It's pretty easy to spot companies that spend a lot of money on R&D. It's another thing to pick companies that translate R&D spending into higher stock prices.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Anders Bylund	Ciena's Pain Is Your Gain The stock is down, but for all the wrong reasons.
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 Rich Smith	Strike Three: Is Ciena Out? Ciena still has lots of cash on its balance sheet -- but lots of convertible debt, too. If it keeps going the way it's heading, the company could quickly end up with more debt than cash.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Nortel The Canadian telecom equipment maker reports second-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 27, 2005 Rich Smith	JDSU's Ugly Pair o' Twos Telecom equipment maker can't say anything that will make its losing hand look good: two cents in operating losses for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, and an expectation of another two-cent loss in Q3.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2004 Tom Taulli	Rare Day of Joy for Ciena Faithful Disappointment is the usual sentiment for provider of networking equipment for the telecom industry's shareholders -- except for yesterday.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2007 Rich Smith	Ciena's in the Black The telecom equipment maker's fiscal second-quarter 2007 convinced investors to bid the shares up 17% in one day (and climbing).
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Ben McClure	Any Wireless Bright Spots? Will wireless equipment makers thrive, despite the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal?
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Anders Bylund	This Was a Messy Deal Not every buyout is an immediate improvement, and CIENA's acquisition of Nortel's metro Ethernet networks was badly timed.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Ciena Scares, Investors Scream But pipe down. I think I hear opportunity knocking.
PHONE+ March 22, 2010 Kelly M. Teal	Ciena, Nortel Partners Get `Broader Tool Kit' From Combo Indirect channel partners at Ciena Corp. (CIEN) and Nortel Networks are in a good place now that the two companies have joined forces.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2008 Rich Smith	Ciena Gets the Green Light A company can get a good valuation one of two ways: The price can drop to an attractive level, or the profits can rise to justify the price. Ciena has done both.
InternetNews July 7, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Nortel, Ciena Near IP Trial The U.S. International Trade Commission terminates its investigation of Nortel after Ciena is forced to withdraw its patent infringement claims.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Rich Smith	Is Ciena Really Green? Is telecom equipment maker may be a good stock purchase?
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Tom Taulli	Infinera Turns Back the Clock to 1999 Management at the telecom optics operator claims its technology is truly the next big thing. Infinera continues to win against fierce competitors like Cisco, Nortel, and Ciena. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cisco Countdown In advance of Cisco's earnings report, analysts wonder if the growing economic turmoil will trip up the tech bellweather.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2004 Rich Smith	3Com and 3 Bucks (and Change) At more than $4 a stub, every 3Com share comes with $3.25 cash.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lighting Up Lucent With only 6% projected long-term growth ahead of it, a P/E of 10 and a price-to-free-cash-flow ratio more than twice as large, this stock doesn't look like a buy.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Anders Bylund	Ciena Is Building an Empire From Spare Parts Long-distance networking specialist Ciena beat its own sales targets in the fourth quarter.
IndustryWeek June 23, 2010	By The Numbers -- The Expense of R&D Among U.S.-owned businesses and U.S. affiliates of foreign companies, much of the R&D remained in the United States.
InternetNews September 2, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Nortel Hits the Books -- Again The telecom gear maker says restating financial results after an accounting scandal will take longer than expected.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2008 Rich Smith	Cisco Parties Like It's 1999 Cisco Systems gives a blast from its past, reverting to its Bubble-icious habit of "beating by a penny" on its fiscal 2008 earnings report. Let's take a look at the yearly earnings.
PHONE+ December 30, 2009 Kelly M. Teal	Nortel: Most Popular Stories of 2009 In order of lowest to highest, are our the 10 most-read Nortel stories of the year.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2004 Bill Mann	Ciena: That's Not a Miss Miss by a penny? Nah, that's for wimps. The optical networking gear manufacturer missed revenue targets by 20%.