Compact, Scaleable Wave Division Multiplexing Systems Certified for US
Telecom Industry Central Office Environments
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Sept 20,
2006 -- 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 service aware networking
products, today announced that its
LambdaDriver LD 1600 and
LambdaDriver LD 800 wave division
multiplexers (“WDM”) have achieved compliance with Network Equipment Building
Systems (“NEBS”) Level 3, the leading product safety and reliability standard
for telecommunications equipment.
"Our carrier customers demand that the WDM systems they install be held to the
highest standards of safety and reliability," said Noam Lotan, MRV President and
CEO. "We designed the
LambdaDriver® coarse WDM ("CWDM") and dense WDM ("DWDM")
system from the ground up to comply with NEBS Level 3 robust standards and this
certification assures them that the
LambdaDriver WDM meets those criteria.”
The certification means that MRV’s WDM systems meet all safety standards
required for use in U.S. tier one central office applications. To become
certified at NEBS Level 3, the LambdaDriver WDM system passed strict physical,
electrical and environmental tests and demonstrated that MRV’s CWDM and DWDM
solutions will operate safely and reliably in a central office environment.
The LambdaDriver systems join MRV’s other NEBS-compliant product lines including
its LX out-of-band management solutions, and its Fiber Driver optical transport WDM systems for central office fiber optimization applications.
The LambdaDriver WDM and optical transport solutions are scalable CWDM and DWDM
systems specifically designed for businesses and service providers that require
flexible, compact and cost-effective fiber optimization systems for high-speed
data, storage, voice, and video networks. The LambdaDriver WDM series includes
the LD 400,
LD 800 and
LD 1600 mountable WDM chassis with modular architecture
and hot-swappable modules. Each product will support transmission of up to 800
Gbps over a single fiber pair using advanced WDM technology including
high-performance SONET/SDH, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, High Definition video, voice
and storage applications.
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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