Ciena's CEO sees MOFN as a key service provider growth segment

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    "title": "Ciena's CEO sees MOFN as a key service provider growth segment",
    "excerpt": "Ciena's CEO sees MOFN as a key service provider growth segment.\n\nManaged optical fiber networks (MOFN) continue to be adopted by a host of traditional service proivders, cloud operators and neoscalers.\n\nMarch 12, 2026\n\nKey highlights.\n\n* Ciena's MOFN solutions are increasingly adopted by service providers and cloud providers to address capacity and regulatory challenges globally.\n* The company reported a record quarter for RLS shipments, with hyperscalers expanding their use of optical solutions for AI training across distances.\n* Ciena is developing new products like Vesta 200 and Nitro redriver to enhance scale-up and scale-out capabilities within data centers, supporting the growth of AI infrastructure.\n* The optical networking segment saw a 67.9% increase, driven by Waveserver and RLS product lines, highlighting strong market demand.\n* Revenue forecasts for FY2026 have been raised, reflecting confidence in continued growth driven by high-speed optical and data center networking solutions.\n\nKeep up to date with Lightwave's Q4 2025 earnings coverage.\n\nYou can check our publication's key segments:\n\nCiena continues to capitalize on the Managed Optical Fiber Networks (MOFN) trend, one that service providers are offering to cloud providers that need immediate bandwidth in areas where it is more challenging to procure their own fiber facilities.\n\nCloud providers and hyperscalers...",
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