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REVENUE (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2022
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue
The tables below set forth Ciena’s disaggregated revenue for the respective periods (in thousands):
Quarter Ended July 30, 2022
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$563,837 $— $— $— $563,837 
Routing and Switching100,741 — — — 100,741 
Platform Software and Services
— 63,483 — — 63,483 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 17,342 — 17,342 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 72,760 72,760 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 38,704 38,704 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 11,114 11,114 
Total revenue by product line
$664,578 $63,483 $17,342 $122,578 $867,981 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$664,578 $15,230 $4,632 $9,408 $693,848 
Services transferred over time— 48,253 12,710 113,170 174,133 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$664,578 $63,483 $17,342 $122,578 $867,981 
Quarter Ended July 31, 2021
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$712,906 $— $— $— $712,906 
Routing and Switching69,698 — — — 69,698 
Platform Software and Services
— 56,945 — — 56,945 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 16,607 — 16,607 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 74,006 74,006 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 46,653 46,653 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 11,326 11,326 
Total revenue by product line
$782,604 $56,945 $16,607 $131,985 $988,141 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$782,604 $17,928 $4,558 $6,508 $811,598 
Services transferred over time
— 39,017 12,049 125,477 176,543 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$782,604 $56,945 $16,607 $131,985 $988,141 


Nine Months Ended July 30, 2022
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$1,730,066 $— $— $— $1,730,066 
Routing and Switching295,638 — — — 295,638 
Platform Software and Services
— 205,557 — — 205,557 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 55,334 — 55,334 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 219,270 219,270 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 120,504 120,504 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 35,282 35,282 
Total revenue by product line
$2,025,704 $205,557 $55,334 $375,056 $2,661,651 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$2,025,704 $66,655 $17,442 $31,368 $2,141,169 
Services transferred over time— 138,902 37,892 343,688 520,482 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$2,025,704 $205,557 $55,334 $375,056 $2,661,651 
Nine Months Ended July 31, 2021
Networking PlatformsPlatform Software and ServicesBlue Planet Automation Software and ServicesGlobal ServicesTotal
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical
$1,798,888 $— $— $— $1,798,888 
Routing and Switching197,632 — — — 197,632 
Platform Software and Services
— 163,472 — — 163,472 
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services
— — 57,499 — 57,499 
Maintenance Support and Training
— — — 212,054 212,054 
Installation and Deployment
— — — 124,263 124,263 
Consulting and Network Design
— — — 25,390 25,390 
Total revenue by product line
$1,996,520 $163,472 $57,499 $361,707 $2,579,198 
Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time
$1,996,520 $54,756 $20,497 $9,776 $2,081,549 
Services transferred over time
— 108,716 37,002 351,931 497,649 
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition
$1,996,520 $163,472 $57,499 $361,707 $2,579,198 
For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):
Quarter EndedNine Months Ended
July 30July 31July 30July 31
2022202120222021
Geographic distribution:
Americas
$617,366 $692,853 $1,913,350 $1,776,939 
EMEA
124,185 189,180 420,075 499,652 
APAC
126,430 106,108 328,226 302,607 
Total revenue by geographic distribution
$867,981 $988,141 $2,661,651 $2,579,198 
For the periods below, customers accounting for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue were as follows (in thousands):
Quarter EndedNine Months Ended
 July 30July 31July 30July 31
 2022202120222021
Verizon$108,495 $131,892 $273,158 n/a
AT&T100,293 119,199 314,358 313,140 
Web-scale providern/a119,728 n/an/a
Total$208,788 $370,819 $587,516 $313,140 
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n/a    Denotes revenue representing less than 10% of total revenue for the periods presented
Schedule of Contract Balances The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities (deferred revenue) from contracts with customers (in thousands):
Balance at July 30, 2022Balance at October 30, 2021
Accounts receivable, net$802,484 $884,958 
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net$157,448 $101,355 
Deferred revenue$209,653 $175,464 
As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
July 30,
2022		October 30,
2021
Products$27,432 $12,859 
Services182,221 162,605 
 Total deferred revenue209,653 175,464 
Less current portion(147,808)(118,007)
Long-term deferred revenue$61,845 $57,457