OptiSwitch 9000 Meets Stringent Carrier-Class Bandwidth and QoS
Requirements to Support Real-Time Data-Intensive Applications
CHATSWORTH, Calif., GLOBALCOMM 2006, Booth #16063, June 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MRV Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a
leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, WDM
and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE and
other service aware networking products, today announced it has received
certification for compliance with Metro Ethernet Forum ("MEF") technical
specifications for all three services defined by the MEF including Ethernet
Private Line ("EPL") Ethernet Virtual Private Line ("EVPL") and Ethernet
LAN ("ELAN").
MRV's OptiSwitch 9000 ("OS9000") network aggregation solutions were
tested by Iometrix and have been certified to comply with the requirements
established in the Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1 ("MEF
14"). In Sept. 2005 MRV was among a select group of companies to obtain the
first round of MEF certifications for its OptiSwitch Master 207 demarcation
device that delivers MEF-compliant Ethernet services.
"MRV's ongoing support of the MEF and its continued successful
completion of the certification program demonstrates the company's
commitment to providing MEF-compliant data, voice and video delivery
solutions," said Bob Mandeville, President and Founder of Iometrix.
The certification verifies compliance with the MEF's Carrier Ethernet
technical specifications. The certification program is designed to
accelerate the adoption of Carrier Ethernet by helping service providers
evaluate the equipment of various vendors, enabling rapid service creation,
smooth scalability to 10 Gbps, end-to-end protection, robust service-level
agreements and flexible support for voice, Internet and multicast traffic.
"We are proud to be a part of this important industry initiative and to
underscore our commitment to our customers we'll continue to develop
solutions that meet and exceed these rigorous testing programs," said Noam
Lotan, MRV President and CEO.
The OS9000 product family is the industry's first carrier-class Metro
Ethernet platform to aggregate Gigabit Ethernet links, provision enhanced
Ethernet/IP/MPLS services, and provide wave division multiplexing ("WDM")
long distance transport. In a separate news release issued this week, MRV
announced new Ethernet in the First Mile ("EFM") support features including
aggregation of EFM-standard 802.3ah links and auto-discovery of all 802.3ah
enabled customer-premise equipment ("CPE"). Remote capabilities including
remote configuration, remote performance monitoring and threshold alarms,
and remote loopback have also been added.
The new software features enable the OS9000 to aggregate Gigabit or
Fast Ethernet-based 802.3ah CPE. Due to the flexible connectivity of the
OS9000, these signals can be passed on to groomed Gigabit Ethernet, 10
Gigabit Ethernet, and WDM feeds and act as a second-mile transport vehicle
to provider edge platforms, offering a flexible, scalable solution.
Management capabilities including remote configuration, remote performance
monitoring and threshold alarms, and remote loop back have also been added.
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 http://www.mrv.com and http://www.luminentoic.com.
Media Relations
MRV Communications, Inc.
David Rodewald
(805) 494-9508
pr@mrv.com
SOURCE MRV Communications, Inc.
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CONTACT:
David Rodewald of MRV Communications, Inc.,
+1-805-494-9508, pr@mrv.com
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