From AT&T to Ciena: Tracking optical earnings in Q3 2026
Check out how the optical industry's key players, including vendors and service providers, performed in the third quarter of 2026.
The third quarter of the 2026 earnings reporting season has begun, and Lightwave 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.
Also, check out our Q4 2023, Q1 2024, Q2 2024, Q3 2024, Q4 2024, Q1 2025, Q2 2025, Q3 2025, Q4 2025, Q1 2026 and Q2 2026.
You can also see how Lightwave tracks the third-quarter 2026 results of major players in the broadband industry.
October 13
Ekinops
www.ekinops.com
October 21
AT&T
www.att.com
October 22
Comcast
www.comcast.com
October 26
Verizon
www.verizon.com
October 27
Corning
www.corning.com
Ribbon Communications
www.ribboncommunications.com
October 28
Shentel
www.shentel.com
November 3
Adtran
www.adtran.com
November 4
Lumen
www.lumen.com
November 5
Lumentum
www.lumentum.com
November 9
Uniti
www.uniti.com
TBA
Cisco
www.cisco.com
Clearfield
www.clearfield.com
Cogent Communications
www.cogentco.com
Dycom
www.dycomind.com
Ciena
www.ciena.com
Lightpath
www.lightpathfiber.com
About the Author
Sean BuckleySean Buckley
Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
