UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 25, 2005

Ciena Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-21969		23-2725311
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1201 Winterson Road, Linthicum, MD		21090
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(410) 865-8500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 1.01 — ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

     On October 25 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation approved an increase in annual base salary, for Stephen B. Alexander, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Products & Technology, and Arthur Smith, Ph.D., Ciena’s Sr. Vice President of Global Operations, as follows:

Name		Title		Revised Annual Base Salary
Stephen B. Alexander		Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Products & Technology		$	325,000
Arthur Smith, Ph.D.		Sr. Vice President of Global Operations		$	325,000

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		Ciena Corporation
Date: October 31, 2005		By: /S/ Russell B. Stevenson, Jr.
		Russell B. Stevenson, Jr.
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
		Secretary