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MRV NAMED WORLD METRO DEMARCATION MARKET LEADER BY FROST & SULLIVAN June 25th, 2007 GLOBAL GROWTH CONSULTING COMPANY FROST & SULLIVAN RECOGNIZES OPTISWITCH FAMILY FOR MARKET LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD DEMARC SEGMENT CHATSWORTH, CA – June 25, 2007 – MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a leading provider of products and services for WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE, out-of-band networking and other optical networking products, today announced the demarcation devices from its OptiSwitch® family have been recognized by Frost & Sullivan as an award recipient in the world demarcation segment. Frost presents its market leader awards to the companies that have exhibited market share leadership through the implementation of market strategy. The recipients display excellence in all areas of the market leadership process, including the identification of market challenges, drivers and restraints, as well as strategy development and methods of addressing these market dynamics. Frost & Sullivan named MRV as the recipient of this award based upon recommendations by its analysts who track competitor revenue, market share, and market and technology innovation within the industry via interviews with all market participants and extensive secondary research of proprietary data sources. MRV’s OptiSwitch family is an intelligent, versatile, and powerful carrier-class metro Ethernet Services product group that covers aggregation and demarcation within carrier optical networks. OS devices all feature a comprehensive traffic management suite, distributed software and hardware architecture and incororate cutting-edge Ethernet services technology that enable them to meet current and future needs. Robust and highly flexible, OptiSwitch devices can readily be applied to provide IP multimedia services, intelligent Layer 2 switching, and advanced QoS services to enable service level agreements. The newest member of the OptiSwitch family, the OS930, is the industry’s first carrier-class 10-Gigabit Ethernet services demarcation platform, offering advanced multi-layer end-to-end service OAM and dynamic, hierarchical QoS for bandwidth management. The device constitutes a major step forward for cost-effective 10GE carrier services and access, enabling service providers to meet the ever-increasing bandwidth demands of Fortune 1000 enterprises. “To enhance profitability, carriers are more concerned than ever about controlling capital and operational expenditures while providing highly differentiated services for their customers,” said Noam Lotan, CEO of MRV Communications. “Our groundbreaking OptiSwitch family is based on the tradition of providing innovative solutions for switching within optical networks at cost-effective prices.” “MRV Communications has proactively met customer requirements by leveraging its technological expertise to future-proof its products, with an emphasis on quality of service, service level agreements, service protection, traffic management, and OAM requirements,” said Sam Masud, principal analyst for carrier infrastructure at Frost & Sullivan. “In the emerging demarc segment, MRV has truly established itself with the range of features supported on its products, an impressive customer base and a successful strategy.” About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.awards.frost.com. About MRV Communications, Inc. MRV Communications, Inc. (“MRV”) is a leading provider of network equipment and services, and optical components. MRV’s networking business provides equipment used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service providers, and includes switches, routers, physical layer products and out-of-band management products as well as specialized networking products for aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular communication. MRV’s optical components business provides optical communications components for metropolitan, access and Fiber-to-the-Premises applications, through its wholly owned subsidiary LuminentOIC, Inc. MRV markets and sells its products worldwide through a variety of channels, including a dedicated direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors and systems integrators. MRV also has operations in Europe that provide network system design, integration and distribution services that include products manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as internally developed and manufactured products. Publicly traded since 1992, MRV is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its products, please call (818) 773-0900 or visit our websites at www.mrv.com and www.luminentoic.com. Media Relations MRV Communications, Inc. David Rodewald (805) 494-9508 pr@mrv.com |
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