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MRV’S DWDM SOLUTIONS BOOST RESEARCH BACKBONE BANDWIDTH AND ENABLE INTERNET2 HIGH-SPEED SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND January 7th, 2008 MRV’S LAMBDADRIVER WDM PLATFORM ENABLES THE DEPLOYMENT OF RECONFIGURABLE WDM OPTICAL PACKET NETWORKS CHATSWORTH, CA – January 7, 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 that the University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS) has chosen to build its Internet 2 optical backbone network using the LambdaDriver® DWDM platform. The University System of Maryland has teamed with three other state agencies to build a high-speed backbone network comprised of multiple 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, OC-48 and Fibre Channel links to dramatically increase the bandwidth and improve the redundancy of the backbone network over the previous OC-48 network. The network spans 100 miles and connects seven locations providing high-speed access to off-site storage, the Internet and the Internet 2. “The LambdaDriver WDM solution was designed specifically with tunable WDM and ROADM capabilities to enable dynamic provisioning of high-speed data, storage and video services for customers without the need for them to rip out and replace their entire infrastructure,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. “The University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System has leveraged the LambdaDriver‘s WDM architecture to save a substantial amount of network-related capital and operating costs.” “The University System of Maryland serves more than 130,000 students annually, and the 13 institutions it houses needed a high-performance and highly reliable network for teaching and research needs and also for our burgeoning distance learning programs,” said Norwin Malmberg, director of UMATS. “We had reached the bandwidth and budget limitations of our previous network, but the MRV solution gave us freedom in how we configured our network so that we have been able to provision new links and services that we would never have thought of previously.” Since implementing the LambdaDriver WDM solution, UMATS has been able to reconfigure its network to provision bandwidth for expanded services, including 10-Gigabit uplinks. Furthermore, UMATS has added more lambdas without interrupting service. Today the network transports several services over 10GE and OC-48, Fibre Channel and use of a muxponder card to aggregate single GE services over the same wavelength. Once UMATS reaches the chassis limit of 16 lambdas, it can add more chassis to increase the network capability. About the MRV'S LambdaDriver Platforms MRV's LambdaDriver® platform provides one of the most flexible WDM networking solutions for both enterprises and service providers looking to maximize their existing fiber infrastructure. Three different active chassis (LD400, LD800 and LD1600) and two passive chassis (LPD100 and LDP300) with interchangeable modules provide a solution for any network size and service density. Transparent transport allows support for all high-speed LAN, WAN or SAN services. Sub-rate TDM technology allows even more efficient use of the available fiber by aggregating low rate protocols over one wavelength. The LambdaDriver platforms support both CWDM and DWDM technologies, thus enabling a cost efficient initial investment in infrastructure with CWDM and a smooth upgrade path towards full capacity DWDM networks. LambdaDriver platforms are NEBS certified. For more information, please visit http://www.mrv.com/wdm/prod_ld.php. 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 Sourcephotonics, 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.sourcephotonics.com. Media Relations MRV Communications, Inc. David Rodewald (805) 494-9508 pr@mrv.com |
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