MRV's Layer 3 Gigabit Switch Router Wins NetWorld + Interop Best of Show Award; GFS3016 With Redundant CPU and CWDM Technology Awarded Winner In WAN and Remote Access Category

Business Wire, May 12, 1999

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:MRVC), a leading provider of high-speed optical network components and systems, Wednesday announced that its Layer 3 Redundant Gigabit Switch Router under its NBase-Xyplex brand name was named the best new product in the WAN and Remote Access category of the Best of Show Awards program by Data Communications and InternetWeek editors.

"We are extremely pleased that our Redundant CPU Gigabit Switch is being recognized with the grant of one of the industry's most prestigious awards," said Noam Lotan, president and chief executive officer of MRV Communications. "This award recognition validates our superior technology and confirms the GFS3016 as an industry leader."

The NetWorld Interop Best of Show Product Awards is designed to help end-users evaluate the expansive offering of new products that debut at the NetWorld Interop '99 Las Vegas.

The editors of Data Communications and InternetWeek, two of CMP Media's premier networking publications, evaluate hundreds of new products and select winners for unique and innovative products that provide end users with cutting edge networking benefits.

"Networking is currently undergoing a significant evolution, and this was obvious at the show by the plethora of new products -- creating the most hotly contested competition since the inception of Best of Show," said Lee Keough, editor-in-chief of Data Communications.

Introduced last month, the GFS3016 is the first product on the market to integrate Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) and Gigabit Ethernet. This fully redundant system enables maximum network uptime and enhances Gigabit technology to a new extreme. The GFS3016 is currently available, and has been successfully installed in several Japanese government institutions and universities.

About MRV Communications Inc.

MRV Communications is a world class leader in high-speed optical network components and systems. Its products integrate switching, routing, remote access and fiber-optic transmission to enhance the performance of LANs and WANs and telecommunications networks.

MRV's fiber-optic transmission components send voice, data and video to carriers and residential networks. Through its NBase-Xyplex brand, the company provides network enhancement solutions that accelerate the deployment and improve the performance of complex data networks. For more information, visit MRV at www.mrv.com/invest.> About Data Communications and InternetWeek Magazines

CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq:CMPX) is a leading high-tech media company that provides essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.

CMP's Data Communications is the only global networking magazine written for network architects who build, design and operate multisite, mission-critical networks. It provides in-depth, comparative information on the products and technologies that provide vital communications infrastructures.

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