
Ciena FY2026 Q3 Earnings: $1.67B Revenue (+37%) and Two Cloud Customers Buying 41.7% of It
Ciena's Q3 FY2026 revenue rose 37% to $1.671B and operating margin hit 18%, but two unnamed cloud providers bought 41.7% of it — $696M in one quarter.
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