MRV Communications Offers Advanced Space, Power, Cooling Cost Savings with Enhanced Optical 10G Transport Solution

New features of the Fiber Driver® Optical Multi-Service Platform to help data center collocation and hosting companies overcome critical space and power constraints

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets:MRVC) (“MRV” or the “Company”), a leading provider of optical communications network infrastructure equipment and integration and managed services, today announced its Optical Communications Systems Division (OCS) has released its new Fiber Driver® High Density 10Gigabit Transport Solution that raises the bar on saving space, power and cooling costs by packing up to 80 Channels of 10G Transport in 8U of rack space. With up to 60% in space savings and 40% in power savings, the new solution allows customers to better ramp network scalability, increase manageability and realize cost savings when deploying or growing their data center networks.

Facing increased costs in both data center real estate and power supply, data center collocation companies, Internet Exchange centers, web service companies, content providers and large enterprise data centers are looking for ways to save space and power, simplify network management, and gain the flexibility needed to scale their network to subscriber demand. MRV OCS’ Fiber Driver High Density 10G Transport Solution allows operators to install up to 60 channels of 10G per stackable Fiber Driver Chassis and provide up to 80 channels in 8U of rack space resulting in a data center rack space savings of 45-60% depending on mode configuration. The solution achieves an excellent Telecommunications Equipment Energy Efficiency Rating (TEEER) of 10.28 to 10.55, mode dependent, extending significant power and cooling cost savings to the customer by giving them more than eight times the bandwidth at 25% of the power consumption, compared to the minimum industry standard transport rating of 7.54. The TEEER rating is a Verizon Green System Energy Efficiency Rating on a scale from one (least efficient) to ten (most efficient). Already one of the industry leaders in density and power consumption, MRV OCS will now, more than ever, be able to help customers address their critical space and power needs, especially for transport equipment at POP and Meet Me locations.

The Fiber Driver High Density 10G Transport Solution also offers best-in-class manageability, addressing any protocol—including Ethernet, Fiber Channel or Infiniband—on one, complete unit that provides full management access and can be reused at different locations in the network for maximized equipment investment. Additionally, the solution provides customers with simplified scalability; operators can start with a single Fiber Driver Chassis and as their network capacity demand grows, they can seamlessly add modules to directly align investments with service needs.

“MRV is dedicated to delivering innovative optical communications network infrastructure and services; our new Fiber Driver High Density 10G Transport Solution takes our commitment to customer satisfaction one step further by delivering the capabilities data center collocation and hosting companies require to scale services for their growing customer bases,” said Zeev Draer, VP of Strategic Marketing for MRV OCS. “The solution set allows these customers to address two of the key pain points they are currently experiencing – space in the data center and power usage – with improved functionality in the areas of density, power efficiency and ease of use as well as flexibility and inventory management. It will be a game changer in the optical communications systems market for the data center industry.”

About MRV Communications, Inc.

MRV Communications, Inc. is a leading global provider of carrier Ethernet, wavelength division multiplexing optical transport, infrastructure management equipment and solutions, as well as network integration and managed services. MRV’s solutions enable the delivery and provisioning of next-generation optical transport and carrier Ethernet services over any fiber infrastructure. MRV provides equipment and services worldwide to telecommunications service providers, enterprises, and governments, enabling network evolution and increasing efficiency, while reducing complexity and costs. Through its subsidiaries, MRV operates research and development centers in North America and Europe, along with support centers and sales offices around the world. For more information about MRV, visit: www.mrv.com.

About FiberDriver®

MRV’s FiberDriver® optical multi-service product line provides a full range of services including demarcation, media conversion, signal repeating, multiplexer/muxponders and fiber-optimization solutions from single strand to complete coarse wavelength division multiplexing and dense wavelength division multiplexing solutions. The modular building-block Fiber Driver architecture covers virtually every current networking protocol from T1/E1 and Digital Video to 10Gbps and 40G solutions. With 3U or less chassis size and 9.84 out of 10, TEEER power efficiency rating, Fiber Driver delivers top density while consuming 20% to 30% less power than alternative optical transport systems. Extraordinary application flexibility, density, and power efficiency make the Fiber Driver Optical Multi-Service Platform solutions, a unique fit for enterprise, data and collocation centers, financial networks, service and MSO providers, utilities, and municipal networks applications.

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