REVENUE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

The tables below set forth Ciena’s disaggregated revenue for the respective periods (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended January 29, 2022
	Networking Platforms		Platform Software and Services		Blue Planet Automation Software and Services		Global Services		Total
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical	$	540,936	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	540,936
Routing and Switching	85,710		—		—		—		85,710
Platform Software and Services	—		72,917		—		—		72,917
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services	—		—		21,110		—		21,110
Maintenance Support and Training	—		—		—		72,491		72,491
Installation and Deployment	—		—		—		40,370		40,370
Consulting and Network Design	—		—		—		10,909		10,909
Total revenue by product line	$	626,646	$	72,917	$	21,110	$	123,770	$	844,443

Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time	$	626,646	$	29,682	$	8,774	$	8,491	673,593
Services transferred over time	—		43,235		12,336		115,279		170,850
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition	$	626,646	$	72,917	$	21,110	$	123,770	$	844,443


	Quarter Ended January 30, 2021
	Networking Platforms		Platform Software and Services		Blue Planet Automation Software and Services		Global Services		Total
Product lines:
Converged Packet Optical	$	512,324	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	512,324
Routing and Switching	64,307		—		—		—		64,307
Platform Software and Services	—		49,839		—		—		49,839
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services	—		—		16,934		—		16,934
Maintenance Support and Training	—		—		—		67,630		67,630
Installation and Deployment	—		—		—		39,611		39,611
Consulting and Network Design	—		—		—		6,485		6,485
Total revenue by product line	$	576,631	$	49,839	$	16,934	$	113,726	$	757,130

Timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services at a point in time	$	576,631	$	16,062	$	5,173	$	1,857	$	599,723
Services transferred over time	—		33,777		11,761		111,869		157,407
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition	$	576,631	$	49,839	$	16,934	$	113,726	$	757,130

For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended
	January 29,		January 30,
	2022		2021
Geographic distribution:
Americas	$	595,144	$	496,611
EMEA	150,785		155,418
APAC	98,514		105,101
Total revenue by geographic distribution	$	844,443	$	757,130

For the periods below, the only customer that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue was as follows (in thousands):


	Quarter Ended
	January 29,		January 30,
	2022		2021


AT&T	$	110,876	n/a


n/a			Denotes revenue representing less than 10% of total revenue for the period

Contract Balances

The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities (deferred revenue) from contracts with customers (in thousands):


	Balance at January 29, 2022		Balance at October 30, 2021
Accounts receivable, net	$	795,247	$	884,958
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net	$	117,003	$	101,355
Deferred revenue	$	185,626	$	175,464

As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):


	January 29, 2022		October 30, 2021
Products	$	15,438	$	12,859
Services	170,188		162,605
Total deferred revenue	185,626		175,464
Less current portion	(124,956)		(118,007)
Long-term deferred revenue	$	60,670	$	57,457