Article: CIENA Announces Intent to Acquire WaveSmith; Addition of Multiservice Switching Platform to Product Portfolio Expands Addressable Market.

Article: CIENA Announces HSR Clearance of Acquisition of ...
Business Wire;  May 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... agencies and the stockholders of WaveSmith. CIENA continues to expect that this ... operating results and the proposed CIENA/WaveSmith Networks transaction. These ... Networks; the risk that the CIENA and WaveSmith Networks businesses will not ...

Article: WaveSmith Networks Closes $30 Million Third Round, Signs ...
Business Wire;  October 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... round. Also announced today, CIENA and WaveSmith have entered into a worldwide ... and reseller agreement with CIENA Corporation. For more information, visit WaveSmith at www.wavesmithnetworks.com. About CIENA Corporation CIENA Corporation ...

Article: Ciena to Acquire WaveSmith Networks; Deal to Give ...
The Washington Post;  April 10, 2003 ;     656 words ... ... a conference call. The key benefit for Ciena is WaveSmith's seven customers. WaveSmith signed a ... whom will be kept, said Glenn Jasper, a Ciena spokesman. Ciena also plans to keep WaveSmith's offices in Massachusetts, he said ...

Article: WAVESMITH LANDS CIENA FOR FUNDING.(WaveSmith ...
Network World;  October 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Private Equity joins Ciena as a new investor in WaveSmith. The third round makes ... Telephone and Global NAPs. WaveSmith has raised $84.5 ... founding in March 2000. Ciena will sell, service and support WaveSmith's Distributed Node ...

Article: Ciena to acquire WaveSmith. ...
Fiber Optics Weekly Update;  April 18, 2003 ;     647 words ... ... agreement under which Ciena will acquire privately-held WaveSmith Networks Inc. Based ... acquisition agreement, WaveSmith will merge into Ciena, and all remaining ... Ciena common stock. Ciena also will assume WaveSmith's employee stock ...

Article: CIENA Announces Completion of WaveSmith ...
Business Wire;  June 16, 2003 ;     504 words ... ... its acquisition of WaveSmith Networks, Inc ... April 9, 2003, CIENA acquired all outstanding shares of WaveSmith and assumed all outstanding ... stock issuable to CIENA as a result of a previous investment in WaveSmith, the price paid ...

Article: WAVESMITH IN DEAL WITH CIENA
The Boston Globe;  October 21, 2002 ;     493 words ... ... Acton start-up WaveSmith Networks is announcing ... optical telecom giant Ciena. Ciena, which is based ... as a reseller of WaveSmith's "multiservice ... positive cash flow. Ciena forged a similar reseller deal with WaveSmith neighbor Equipe ...