CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVC - News), a leading provider of products and services for WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet switches and routers, and fiber optic components, today announced the new LambdaDriver® OPN1600, the first optical packet blade in a series of products from the company that combine packet switching with optical transport for carriers migrating to next-generation hybrid packet-optical networks. The LambdaDriver OPN1600 is being announced as part of NXTcomm 2008 and is on display in MRV’s booth (SU6507).

MRV’s LambdaDriver® is the industry’s first packet optical transport network (POTN) solution to support both multi-degree ROADM (all optical - or OOO) and optical-electronic-optical (OEO) cross connect functionality in the same solution. This capability is integrated with LambdaDriver’s support for services ranging from T1/E1 to 40 Gbps WDM in the same wavelength-switching chassis.

In addition, the LambdaDriver supports both TDM transport and Metro Ethernet connection-oriented packet traffic simultaneously with advanced traffic management. It enables a smooth migration from SONET/SDH to Metro Ethernet optical transport networks.

“Based on 20 years of innovation in packets and optical technology, MRV’s LambdaDriver product is the first solution to support end-to-end, optical packet networking with cost effectiveness at the edge and capacity and bandwidth for the core,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. “The new blade allows our customers to combine Metro Ethernet packet transport with tunable wavelength switching to meet their demands for higher bandwidth optical services with advanced SLA and traffic management.”

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CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC - News), 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 the new LambdaDriver® EM1600-8CC10G 10G Ethernet Cross Connect (EXC) module, which expands the remote network service configurability of its carrier-class packet optical transport system.

The LambdaDriver EXC module is being announced as part of NXTcomm 2008 and is on display in MRV’s booth (SU6507).

The EXC module adds remote reconfigurability to LambdaDriver’s optical add-drop nodes in a capability MRV calls “eROADM.” eROADM provides a cost-effective way to remotely add or drop a service to meet customer demand without manually changing the cabling. The flexible module also allows any port-to-any port connectivity for full-duplex 10G Ethernet, 10G Fibre Channel or OC-192 services. A high-availability port protection mode is also available, and allows any cross-connect port to be immediately switched to another service port in the case of a cable break or other failure on the primary network port.

With eight XFP ports, the EXC module provides the capability to interconnect four full line rate 10-Gigabit Ethernet, 10G Fibre Channel or OC-192 services over a DWDM line. In a separate announcement, MRV also debuted a Gigabit / 10-Gigabit Metro Ethernet switching module for the LambdaDriver, making it the industry’s first packet optical networking solution to support both ROADM (all optical - or OOO) and optical-electronic-optical (OEO) cross connect functionality in the same chassis.

“ROADM is a critical capability in building packet optical networks that provide IP-to-optical mapping and with this new cross-connect we give carriers a new OEO alternative that can be more cost effective,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. “Now, network architects can leverage the LambdaDriver WDM platform, taking advantage of all its advanced functionality and OAM capabilities while having the cost-effective option of altering the data path remotely.”

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CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC - News), 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 the OptiSwitch® OS9124-410G, the industry’s first packet optical aggregation platform that cost-effectively combines reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing (ROADM), packet switching and generalized-MPLS (GMPLS) to deliver complete packet-to-optical service mapping in a single device.

The OptiSwitch OS9124-410G is being announced as part of NXTcomm 2008 and is on display in MRV’s booth (SU6507).

The OS9124-410G is a first-mile Metro Ethernet access/aggregation platform with 10-Gigabit WDM ports. Part of MRV’s OptiSwitch 9000 product line, this platform is the industry’s first carrier-class Gigabit Metro Ethernet device to provision enhanced Ethernet/IP/MPLS services across a WDM transport using a unified control plane. The innovative solution can dramatically reduce network operations through integrated packet-to-optical processing that is extended closer to a customer’s edge simplifying optical core network.

The GMPLS-based control plane of the OS9124 is able to make physical-layer switching decisions based on information at layer 2, 3 or 4 of the IP stack. This platform is aimed at the carrier-class auto-reconfigurable packet optical transport network (POTN) market that, according to Heavy Reading, is ramping up to be a $2.8 billion worldwide industry by 2012.

“MRV’s OptiSwitch line has always been at the forefront of innovation in demarcation and aggregation switching platforms with some of the fastest, most feature-rich offerings on the market,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. “Adding the ROADM and GMPLS functionality to this latest generation aggregation platform once again positions the product line at the top of innovation and places it among the industry leaders driving the optimistic outlook for carrier-class packet networks.”

MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVC)