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SEGMENTS AND ENTITY-WIDE DISCLOSURES | 9 Months Ended
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Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
SEGMENTS AND ENTITY-WIDE DISCLOSURES | SEGMENTS AND ENTITY-WIDE DISCLOSURES Segment Reporting Ciena has the following operating segments for reporting purposes: (i) Networking Platforms; (ii) Platform Software and Services; (iii) Blue Planet Automation Software and Services; and (iv) Global Services. Segment Profit (Loss) Segment profit (loss) is determined based on internal performance measures used by Ciena’s chief executive officer to assess the performance of each operating segment in a given period. In connection with that assessment, the chief executive officer excludes the following items: selling and marketing costs; general and administrative costs; significant asset impairments and restructuring costs; amortization of intangible assets; interest and other income, net; interest expense; loss on extinguishment and modification of debt; and provision for income taxes. The table below sets forth Ciena’s segment profit (loss) and the reconciliation to net income for the periods presented (in thousands):
| Quarter Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| August 2, |  | July 27, |  | August 2, |  | July 27,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Segment profit (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Networking Platforms | $ | 181,993 |  |  | $ | 106,870 |  |  | $ | 482,784 |  |  | $ | 387,211 |
Platform Software and Services | 54,529 |  |  | 53,131 |  |  | 168,077 |  |  | 165,171 |
Blue Planet Automation Software and Services | 4,192 |  |  | 4,705 |  |  | 13,059 |  |  | (10,127) |
Global Services | 50,467 |  |  | 50,351 |  |  | 144,389 |  |  | 145,776 |
Total segment profit | 291,181 |  |  | 215,057 |  |  | 808,309 |  |  | 688,031 |
Less: Non-performance operating expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Selling and marketing | 148,724 |  |  | 121,520 |  |  | 424,911 |  |  | 373,749 |
General and administrative | 60,596 |  |  | 58,248 |  |  | 171,450 |  |  | 162,504 |
Significant asset impairments and restructuring costs | 1,770 |  |  | 1,361 |  |  | 5,262 |  |  | 21,987 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 6,556 |  |  | 7,185 |  |  | 19,646 |  |  | 22,384 |
Add: Other non-performance financial items |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest and other income, net | 15,090 |  |  | 14,013 |  |  | 34,539 |  |  | 36,460 |
Interest expense | (22,806) |  |  | (24,401) |  |  | (67,421) |  |  | (72,038) |
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt | — |  |  | — |  |  | (729) |  |  | — |
Less: Provision for income taxes | 15,511 |  |  | 2,125 |  |  | 49,580 |  |  | 24,901 |
Net income | $ | 50,308 |  |  | $ | 14,230 |  |  | $ | 103,849 |  |  | $ | 46,928 |
Entity-Wide Reporting Ciena's long-lived assets, including equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, operating ROU assets, finite-lived intangible assets, and maintenance spares, are not reviewed by Ciena's chief operating decision maker for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. As of August 2, 2025, equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, totaled $368.3 million, and operating ROU assets totaled $40.3 million both of which support asset groups within Ciena’s four operating segments and unallocated selling and general and administrative activities. As of August 2, 2025, finite-lived intangible assets, goodwill, and maintenance spares are assigned to asset groups within the following segments (in thousands):
| August 2, 2025
| Networking Platforms |  | Platform Software and Services |  | Blue Planet Automation Software and Services |  | Global Services |  | Total
Other intangible assets, net | $ | 137,558 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,115 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 138,673 |
Goodwill | $ | 199,588 |  |  | 156,191 |  |  | 89,049 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 444,828 |
Maintenance spares, net | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 86,431 |  |  | $ | 86,431 |
The following table represents Ciena’s geographic distribution of equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net and operating ROU assets, specifically identifying any country that accounts for at least 10% of the total of these assets. Assets attributable to geographic regions not identified are reflected as “Other International.” For the periods indicated, Ciena’s geographic distribution of equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net, and operating ROU assets was as follows (in thousands):
| August 2, 2025 |  | November 2, 2024
Canada | $ | 311,313 |  |  | $ | 283,760 |
United States | 44,432 |  |  | 49,195 |
Other International | 52,950 |  |  | 32,184 |
Total | $ | 408,695 |  |  | $ | 365,139 |

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