CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- 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(R) LD1600 and LD800 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.

MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVC)