Ciena Honored by SBC Communications as Outstanding Supplier.LINTHICUM, Md. -- Commitment to excellence has earned Ciena(R) Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations 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) ), the network specialist, recognition as an outstanding supplier this past year to SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SBC), one of the world's leading data, voice and Internet services providers. "We are proud of our longstanding tradition of going beyond the call for our customers," said Maureen Merkle, President, SBC Procurement. "We succeed at that because strategic supply chain partners like Ciena consistently go beyond the call for us." Ciena was one of a select group of 47 suppliers recognized for their work in helping the SBC companies deliver outstanding service to its customers during the past year. Ciena was recognized for its contributions in both the Supplier Diversity Supplier Diversity is a business program that encourages the use of previously underutilized minority owned vendors as suppliers. It is not directly correlated with supply chain diversification, although utilizing more vendors may enhance supply chain diversification. Excellence and Teamwork categories. "This award acknowledges Ciena's commitment to understanding our customers' business needs and priorities in addition to providing application-focused, business-driven solutions for their networks," said Jim Collier, Ciena's senior vice president, Worldwide Sales. "Ciena is proud to support SBC's broadband efforts with our DN 7000(TM) family of multiservice switches and our CNX-5(TM) broadband DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary system. We are extremely pleased to be honored by one of the most respected service providers in the world." As part of its annual supplier recognition program, SBC took out a half-page ad in the April 22 edition of the Wall Street Journal to publicly thank the selected companies. ABOUT CIENA Ciena Corporation is the network specialist, focused on expanding the possibilities for its customers' networks while reducing their cost of ownership. The company's systems, software and services target and cure specific network pain points so that telcos, cable operators, governments and enterprises can best exploit the new applications that are driving their businesses forward. For more information, visit www.ciena.com. |
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