M&A Deal Summary

Ciena Acquires Nubis Communications

On September 22, 2025, Ciena acquired semiconductors company Nubis Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ciena’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Ciena’s 20th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ciena’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-09-22
Target Nubis Communications
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Ciena
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Nubis Communications

New Providence, New Jersey, United States
Nubis Communications specializes in high-performance, ultra-compact, low-power optical and electrical interconnects tailored to support AI workloads. Nubis Communications was founded in 2020 and is based in New Providence, New Jersey.

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Buyer

Ciena

Hanover, Maryland, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees8,627
Revenue 4.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Ciena's corporate headquarters in Hanover, Maryland.
Entrance to Ciena's corporate headquarters in Hanover, Maryland.

Ciena provides communications networking equipment, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, and management of voice, video, and data traffic worldwide. Ciena was founded in 1992 and is based in Hanover, Maryland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 21
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 20 of 20
State: New Jersey M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 20 of 20
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-22 Tibit

Petaluma, California, United States

Tibit offers a disruptive technology that will fundamentally change the way broadband access is deployed in the Service Provider markets worldwide (Telco, MSO, and Wireless). It makes small, low-powered solutions that can be easily placed anywhere in the network to enable multi-Gigabit connectivity with commercially available switching equipment. Tibit was formed in 2014 and is based in Petaluma, California.

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