NBase-Xyplex Layer 3 Gigabit Switch Router Wins Networld + Interop Best of Show Award

Business Wire, May 12, 1999

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

GFS3016 with Redundant CPU and CWDM Technology Awarded Winner in

WAN and REMOTE Access Category

NBase-Xyplex, a leading provider of high speed networking solutions and a division of MRV Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRVC), today announced that its Layer 3 Redundant Gigabit Switch Router, the GFS3016, 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 CEO of NBase-Xyplex. "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 which debut at the Networld Interop ae99 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 NBase-Xyplex

With over 17 years experience as a world class leader in data networks, NBase-Xyplex uses its leading edge products and services to enhance network infrastructures for enterprise and carrier customers. Leveraging its industry-leading optical expertise along with its broad range of switches, routers and access servers, NBase-Xyplex provides enlightened solutions for long distance fiber-based LANs, remote network access, and network control and management.

With a track record of several industry firsts, including the first multi-protocol terminal server, first 10/100 autosensing switch, first Gigabit Ethernet and first Linux based router, the company is continuing to build on its commitment to smarter networks. As a member of the Optical Interoperability Forum, a consortium charged with accelerating deployment of advanced optical networks, NBase-Xyplex is bringing to market an entirely new network architecture, combining CWDM, DWDM and Gigabit switching to deliver high bandwidth metro-networks at a fraction of the cost of todayAEs solutions. With outstanding manufacturing capabilities, global service and support and strong channel relationships, NBase-Xyplex offers a bright new world of unlimited connectivity and leadership in networking for the next millennium. NBase-Xyplex can be reached on the World Wide Web at www.nbase-xyplex.com.

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