MRV 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DEMARCATION DEVICE WINS NXTCOMM BEST OF SHOW FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IN OPTICAL NETWORKING
June 11th, 2007
NEW OPTISWITCH 930 CHOSEN AS ?EOS? AWARD WINNER BY PANEL OF JUDGES FROM CARRIER MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGY MEDIA
CHATSWORTH, CA ? June 11, 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 its new OptiSwitch? 930 has been chosen as the winner of the optical networking category in NXTcomm?s best of show ?Eos? awards. The OS930 is now a candidate for the NXTcomm Spotlight Award for best product overall. The OptiSwitch? 930 will be on display in MRV?s booth (7824).
MRV?s 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 automation 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.
Named for the Greek goddess of the dawn, the NXTcomm Eos Awards acknowledge contributions to advancement and excellence in information, communications, entertainment and technology. Award winners are honored for best new technology or enterprise solution in 12 categories covering the entire range of wireless, broadband and next-generation technologies and services for both public and enterprise networks. Nominated vendors must have announced their products no earlier than Sept. 1, 2006 and have them for sale no later than July 1, 2007.
?Innovation in optical networking is what we have done for the past 18 years. This high-profile industry award serves to validate carriers? need for a cost-effective 10GE customer premise device that doesn?t sacrifice services or management features,? said Noam Lotan, CEO of MRV Communications. ?This new device is the latest in our groundbreaking OptiSwitch family, which is a significant advancement of our strategy to combine MRV's optical communications and Metro Ethernet switching technologies into future-proof, carrier-class products.?
?Eos awards were given in far-reaching categories demonstrating NXTcomm?s enormous reach,? said Wayne Crawford, executive director of NXTcomm. ?In addition to traditional categories like backbone, core and edge technologies, Eos awards were also presented for achievement in home networking, IPTV, advanced mobile services and strategic support. Each Eos winner deserves significant praise for its leadership, innovation and role in driving our industry forward.?
Winners and finalists, along with the Spotlight Award winner, will be recognized during a special reception Wednesday, June 20.
About NXTcomm
NXTcomm, the new industry venue co-owned by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) that will feature the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment, comes to Chicago?s McCormick Place June 18-21, 2007. NXTcomm will unite the premier information and communications technology (ICT) industry supplier and technology companies with the world?s leading communications and entertainment companies that are together driving broadband-based innovation around the world. For more information, go to http://www.NXTcommShow.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
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