CIENA Corporation Announces Reporting Date and Conference Call for Fiscal 2002 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results.

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LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002

CIENA Corporation Ciena Corporation NASDAQ: CIEN develops and markets communications network platforms and software, and offers professional services. The Company's broadband access, data and optical networking platforms, software tools, and global network services support worldwide telecom (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CIEN CIEN Ciena Corporation (stock symbol) ) will announce results for its fiscal 2002 fourth quarter and year-end on Thursday, December 12, 2002, via Business Wire and First Call before the open of the financial markets. The press release also will be available on CIENA's website at www.ciena.com.

In conjunction with the announcement, CIENA's management will host a teleconference call beginning at 8:30 AM (Eastern). Interested listeners may access the live web broadcast at www.ciena.com.

Rebroadcast Information

For those listeners unable to participate in the live web broadcast on Thursday, December 12, an archived version of the conference call will be available shortly following the conclusion of the live call in the Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. section of CIENA's website at: www.ciena.com.

ABOUT CIENA

CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at http://www.ciena.com.

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