From AT&T to Ciena: Tracking optical earnings in Q4 2024

Jan. 6, 2025
The fourth-quarter 2024 earnings reporting season has begun, and Lightwave+BTR is tracking how key players in the optical networking industry segment performed.

The fourth-quarter 2024 earnings reporting season has begun, and Lightwave+BTR is tracking how key players in the optical networking industry segment—which includes optical vendors and business service providers—performed.

Please check here for updates on service providers, vendors and integrators in this segment.

You can also check out how Lightwave+BTR tracks the fourth quarter of 2024 results of the major players in the broadband industry.

Also, check out our Q4 2023Q1 2024, Q2 2024 and Q3 2024 optical earnings coverage. 

Jan 13

Ekinops
www.ekinops.com
Ekinops reported $30.6 million in fourth quarter 2024 earnings, down two percent year-over-year. It saw an uptick in access and software, while optical networking challenges continued due to service provider spending challenges.
- see our coverage

Jan 24

Verizon
www.verizon.com
During the fourth quarter,  Verizon added 408,000 broadband net subscribers, continuing its quarterly pace of over 350,000 broadband net additions.
- here’s our broadband coverage

Jan 27

AT&T
www.att.com
AT&T added 307,000 consumer fiber net subscribers in the fourth quarter, ended the year with nearly 30 million locations passed, and reported consumer wireline revenues of $3.5 billion.
- here’s our broadband coverage

Jan 29

Corning
www.corning.com
Due to strong sales in Optical Communications and record sales in the Enterprise portion of the business, Corning reported that total fourth-quarter sales were $1.4 billion, up 51 percent yearly.
- see our coverage

Feb 4 

Lumen
www.lumen.com

Feb 6

Lumentum
www.lumentum.com

Feb 12

Cisco
www.cisco.com

Ribbon Communications
www.ribboncommunications.com

Feb 26

Cogent Communications
www.cogentco.com

TBA

Adtran

www.adtran.com

Ciena

www.ciena.com

Dycom

www.dycomind.com

Frontier

www.frontier.com

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Sean Buckley

Sean is responsible for establishing and executing the editorial strategies of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report across their websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products.

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Hayden Beeson

Hayden Beeson is a writer and editor with over seven years of experience in a variety of industries. Prior to joining Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, he was the associate editor of Architectural SSL and LEDs Magazine. 

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