CHATSWORTH, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 6, 2012) - MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) ("MRV" or the "Company"), a leading provider of optical communications network infrastructure equipment and integration and managed services, today announced that its OptiSwitch® Carrier Ethernet Access solution was chosen by CyC S.A. to help launch a future-proof Carrier Ethernet network capable of supporting wholesale Mobile Backhaul and other revenue-generating data services.
The dramatic growth of cellular traffic in Argentina presented an opportunity for CyC S.A., a subsidiary of the largest integrated electric company in Argentina, to leverage the extensive electrical system footprint of their parent company as the basis for a new mobile backhaul network. CyC S.A. has developed an extensive fiber optics mesh network using aerial cables cooperating with utilities companies, mainly electrical ones. This network is being used to access cell towers in metropolitan areas throughout Argentina. At these locations, CyC S.A. strived to build a Carrier Ethernet network capable of supporting wholesale mobile backhaul services while addressing major challenges including extreme temperatures that the network elements endured during the summer months, adequate coverage of each city with scattered base stations, and supporting legacy circuit-base voice traffic.
MRV's OptiSwitch Carrier Ethernet 2.0 demarcation and aggregation devices -- the OS904-MBH-4 timing and synchronization gateway with circuit emulation services (CES) and the OS9124-410G first mile packet-optical aggregation platform -- were able to provide critical functionality that ensures CyC S.A.'s mobile backhaul network has the capabilities needed today with a solid migration path to a full Carrier Ethernet network deployment down the road. The G8032 Ethernet Ring Protection and 10GE link aggregation capabilities also provide CyC S.A. with high reliability and create a redundant fault tolerant network. MRV was also able to meet CyC S.A.'s requirement for a temperature and environmental hardened device to address the need for unconditioned devices throughout their network. Finally, CyC S.A. will also be able to offer Business Ethernet services with strict and assured service-level agreements (SLAs) to commercial and office park locations from the network.
"MRV's long history of designing and building mobile backhaul networks was a key factor in our decision to select the OptiSwitch for demarcation and aggregation functions. MRV's experienced engineering teams worked closely with us to design and build the network according to our particular service requirements," said Gustavo Varela, COO at CyC S.A. "As a result, we have a greater peace of mind in knowing that we are implementing a tried and tested mobile backhaul solution that will become a key element of our network service offering moving forward."
"MRV has a proven track record with demanding utility projects worldwide. As a result, MRV's engineering team was able to work closely with CyC S.A. to design a network capable of delivering a greenfield wholesale mobile backhaul network and other services that will be deployed in the future," said Dave Stehlin, president of MRV's Optical Communications Systems™ (OCS) division. "Our OptiSwitch best-of-breed Carrier Ethernet demarcation and aggregation devices are able to provide the critical functionality for CyC S.A. to meet the needs for both current and new customers as well as pave a smooth migration path to a fully packet-based network."
About OptiSwitch
MRV's OptiSwitch family is an award-winning line of compact Carrier Ethernet demarcation and 1st mile aggregation platforms designed to meet any Carrier Ethernet network requirement. Powered by single and unified Master-OS™ operating software, OptiSwitch series encompasses from the OS900 converged Layer 2 and Layer 3 intelligent Ethernet demarcation to the OS9000 Carrier Ethernet aggregation platforms. OptiSwitch products are deployed in some of the world's most prominent Tier-1 networks offering service providers a full suite of carrier-grade Ethernet services along with high-availability, Hierarchical Quality of Service (H-QoS), security, Ethernet operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) support, and time-division multiplexing circuit emulation services. The comprehensive selection of hardware-based and multi-layer OAM features and tools offers flexible service awareness and enables rigid SLAs. OptiSwitch products meet IEEE, ITU and IETF standards and MEF specifications, offering complete control to simplify deployment and management while maintaining full interoperability and visibility into customer and provider networks. OptiSwitch is fully compliant with the MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) initiative that will enable service providers to transform their metro networks for a wide range of next-generation services from mobile backhaul to support the growing 4G and LTE networks to offering differentiated Business Ethernet services. MRV's Pro-Vision® Service Provisioning and Network Management system, further enriches the OptiSwitch CE 2.0 solution by enabling service creation with zero-touch mass deployment with rapid service turn-up.
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 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.
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