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title: "An interview with Ciena CEO Gary Smith, a veteran of the 2001 telecoms crash, on AI demand outpacing supply for Ciena's optical networking chips, and more (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/an-interview-with-ciena-ceo-gary-smith-a-veteran-of-the-2001-telecoms-f7959fa6
published: 2026-10-24T15:40:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# An interview with Ciena CEO Gary Smith, a veteran of the 2001 telecoms crash, on AI demand outpacing supply for Ciena's optical networking chips, and more (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-24 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/an-interview-with-ciena-ceo-gary-smith-a-veteran-of-the-2001-telecoms-f7959fa6

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal : An interview with Ciena CEO Gary Smith, a veteran of the 2001 telecoms crash, on AI demand outpacing supply for Ciena's optical networking chips, and more — Ciena CEO Gary Smith is ‘suitably paranoid,’ but optimistic — The historic telecommunications crash of 2001 is burned indelibly …

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261024/p6#a261024p6)

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