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Revenue (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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May 01, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The tables below set forth Ciena’s disaggregated revenue for the respective periods (in thousands):
| Quarter Ended May 1, 2021
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Converged Packet Optical | $ | 573,657 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 573,657 |
Routing and Switching | 63,628 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 63,628 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 56,688 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 56,688 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 23,958 |  |  | — |  |  | 23,958 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 70,418 |  |  | 70,418 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 37,999 |  |  | 37,999 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,579 |  |  | 7,579 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 637,285 |  |  | $ | 56,688 |  |  | $ | 23,958 |  |  | $ | 115,996 |  |  | $ | 833,927 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 637,285 |  |  | $ | 20,765 |  |  | $ | 10,765 |  |  | $ | 1,411 |  |  | $ | 670,226 |
Services transferred over time | — |  |  | 35,923 |  |  | 13,193 |  |  | 114,585 |  |  | 163,701 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 637,285 |  |  | $ | 56,688 |  |  | $ | 23,958 |  |  | $ | 115,996 |  |  | $ | 833,927 |
| Quarter Ended May 2, 2020
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Converged Packet Optical | $ | 654,294 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 654,294 |
Routing and Switching | 64,167 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 64,167 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 44,985 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 44,985 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15,017 |  |  | — |  |  | 15,017 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 71,479 |  |  | 71,479 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 34,242 |  |  | 34,242 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9,869 |  |  | 9,869 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 718,461 |  |  | $ | 44,985 |  |  | $ | 15,017 |  |  | $ | 115,590 |  |  | $ | 894,053 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 718,461 |  |  | $ | 16,978 |  |  | $ | 4,745 |  |  | $ | 4,677 |  |  | $ | 744,861 |
Services transferred over time | — |  |  | 28,007 |  |  | 10,272 |  |  | 110,913 |  |  | 149,192 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 718,461 |  |  | $ | 44,985 |  |  | $ | 15,017 |  |  | $ | 115,590 |  |  | $ | 894,053 |
| Six Months Ended May 1, 2021
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Converged Packet Optical | $ | 1,085,981 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,085,981 |
Routing and Switching | 127,934 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 127,934 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 106,527 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 106,527 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 40,892 |  |  | — |  |  | 40,892 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 138,049 |  |  | 138,049 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 77,610 |  |  | 77,610 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 14,064 |  |  | 14,064 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 1,213,915 |  |  | $ | 106,527 |  |  | $ | 40,892 |  |  | $ | 229,723 |  |  | $ | 1,591,057 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 1,213,915 |  |  | $ | 36,828 |  |  | $ | 15,939 |  |  | $ | 3,268 |  |  | $ | 1,269,950 |
Services transferred over time | — |  |  | 69,699 |  |  | 24,953 |  |  | 226,455 |  |  | 321,107 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 1,213,915 |  |  | $ | 106,527 |  |  | $ | 40,892 |  |  | $ | 229,723 |  |  | $ | 1,591,057 |
| Six Months Ended May 2, 2020
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Product lines: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Converged Packet Optical | $ | 1,245,844 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,245,844 |
Routing Switching | 131,675 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 131,675 |
Platform Software and Services | — |  |  | 96,873 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 96,873 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | — |  |  | — |  |  | 30,482 |  |  | — |  |  | 30,482 |
Maintenance Support and Training | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 133,271 |  |  | 133,271 |
Installation and Deployment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 69,196 |  |  | 69,196 |
Consulting and Network Design | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 19,624 |  |  | 19,624 |
Total revenue by product line | $ | 1,377,519 |  |  | $ | 96,873 |  |  | $ | 30,482 |  |  | $ | 222,091 |  |  | $ | 1,726,965 |
Timing of revenue recognition: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Products and services at a point in time | $ | 1,377,519 |  |  | $ | 30,092 |  |  | $ | 8,481 |  |  | $ | 8,874 |  |  | $ | 1,424,966 |
Services transferred over time | — |  |  | 66,781 |  |  | 22,001 |  |  | 213,217 |  |  | 301,999 |
Total revenue by timing of revenue recognition | $ | 1,377,519 |  |  | $ | 96,873 |  |  | $ | 30,482 |  |  | $ | 222,091 |  |  | $ | 1,726,965 |
For the periods below, Ciena’s geographic distribution of revenue was as follows (in thousands):
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | May 1, |  | May 2, |  | May 1, |  | May 2,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Geographic distribution: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  | $ | 587,475 |  |  | $ | 650,381 |  |  | $ | 1,084,086 |  |  | $ | 1,224,385 |
EMEA |  | 155,054 |  |  | 141,431 |  |  | 310,472 |  |  | 271,396 |
APAC |  | 91,398 |  |  | 102,241 |  |  | 196,499 |  |  | 231,184 |
Total revenue by geographic distribution |  | $ | 833,927 |  |  | $ | 894,053 |  |  | $ | 1,591,057 |  |  | $ | 1,726,965 |
For the periods below, the only customers that accounted for at least 10% of Ciena’s revenue were as follows (in thousands):
| Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| May 1, |  | May 2, |  | May 1, |  | May 2,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
AT&T | $ | 125,138 |  |  | $ | 105,630 |  |  | $ | 193,941 |  |  | $ | 189,640 |
Verizon | n/a |  | n/a |  | n/a |  | 203,630 |
Total | $ | 125,138 |  |  | $ | 105,630 |  |  | $ | 193,941 |  |  | $ | 393,270 |
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 May 1, 2021 |  | Balance at October 31, 2020
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 716,779 |  |  | $ | 719,405 |
Contract assets for unbilled accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 81,437 |  |  | $ | 85,843 |
Deferred revenue |  | $ | 204,299 |  |  | $ | 158,363 |
As of the dates indicated, deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| May 1, 2021 |  | October 31, 2020
Products | $ | 13,257 |  |  | $ | 17,534 |
Services | 191,042 |  |  | 140,829 |
| 204,299 |  |  | 158,363 |
Less current portion | (147,075) |  |  | (108,700) |
Long-term deferred revenue | $ | 57,224 |  |  | $ | 49,663 |

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