CHATSWORTH, Calif. - (Business Wire) MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq:MRVC), a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, optical transport, metro Ethernet, and fiber optic components, today announced Zeev Draer, vice president and product line manager for MRV International-Metro Ethernet Division, will present as part of the
“Leveraging Performance-Price Advantages of Optical & Ethernet to Deliver High-Capacity Services
” panel at the
Light Reading Ethernet Expo 2008 on Monday, Oct. 20 in New York.
In his position at MRV, Zeev Draer is responsible for leading and promoting MRV’s flagship Carrier Ethernet product lines in the Metro Ethernet access market. With 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Draer is also an active member of the Metro Ethernet Forum and frequently participates in industry events, making technology outlook presentations at seminars, conferences and tradeshows around the world.
Over the last decade, no other widely adopted carrier network technologies have delivered more performance and price improvements than optical DWDM and Ethernet, which hold the key to building future-proof networks that cost-effectively scale to meet the exploding data and video traffic demand brought on by consumer and enterprise services. This session details how operators can leverage next-generation optical and Ethernet network solutions to deliver high-capacity retail and wholesale services, allowing attendees the chance to hear about the experiences of one of the world’s pioneering carriers.
“Zeev’s extensive background in Ethernet technology and telecommunications has made him a driving force not only in MRV’s leadership team but also in the Metro Ethernet access market as a whole,” said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. “His wealth of experience has made him an important asset to this company and will bring a particularly knowledgeable perspective to this panel.”
Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo will be held Oct. 20-22 at the Hilton in New York. Now in its fourth year, the expo is the 10th major-carrier Ethernet event the publication has held on three different continents since the inaugural Ethernet Expo in 2005. The conference will have a full range of speakers across the industry spectrum including service providers, enterprise users, investors, analysts, and equipment, software, and component suppliers.
About MRV Communications, Inc.
MRV Communications, Inc. (“MRV”) is a leading provider of network equipment and services, and optical components. MRV’s networking business provides equipment used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service providers, and includes switches, routers, physical layer products and out-of-band management products as well as specialized networking products for aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular communication. MRV’s optical components business provides optical communications components for metropolitan, access and Fiber-to-the-Premises applications, through its wholly owned subsidiary SourcePhotonics, Inc. MRV markets and sells its products worldwide through a variety of channels, including a dedicated direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors and systems integrators. MRV also has operations in Europe that provide network system design, integration and distribution services that include products manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as internally developed and manufactured products. Publicly traded since 1992, MRV is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its products, please call (818) 773-0900 or visit our websites at www.mrv.com and www.sourcephotonics.com.
MRV Communications, Inc.
David Rodewald
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