MRV Communications

MRV Communications is a communications equipment and services company based in Chatsworth, California. The company is a provider of optical communications network infrastructure equipment and services to a broad range of telecom concerns, including multinational telecommunications operators, local municipalities, MSOs, corporate and consumer high-speed G-Internet service providers, and data storage and cloud computing providers.

MRV Communications was acquired by ADVA Optical Networking on August 14, 2017 for a reported $69 million.

History
MRV was founded in 1988 by Prof. Shlomo Margalit and Dr. Zeev Rav-Noy as a maker of Metro and Access optoelectronic components. MRV’s Metro and Access transceivers enable network equipment to be deployed across large campuses or in municipal and regional networks. To expand its leadership, MRV established LuminentOIC, an independent subsidiary. LuminentOIC makes fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) components, an activity that was initiated by Rob Goldman, who founded the FTTx business unit in Luminant in 2001.

Product development
In the 1990s, MRV produced Ethernet switching and Optical Transport for Metro and campus environments. MRV began building switches and routers used by carriers implementing Metro Ethernet networks that provide Ethernet services to enterprise customers and multi-dwelling residential buildings.

In 1999, MRV was named as the prime vendor to deploy the world’s first Metro Ethernet national network in Swedish Telecom. That same year the company introduced a Linux-based IP router based on network processor technology.

The company introduced the industry's first Packet-Optical platform with integrated IP/MPLS/Ethernet and WDM technologies in 2005, and got MEF CE 1.0 certification.

In 2008, they introduced the industry's first purpose-built 10GE demarcation device for Carrier Ethernet Access services.

In 2009, MRV Technologies deployed OptiSwitch Ethernet demarcation in the industry’s first 4G LTE commercial Mobile Backhaul network and introduced one of the lowest-latency optical products (Fiber Driver) for High-Frequency Trading.

In 2010, the company introduced industry first Physical layer 10G switch for the lab automation market.

The company was among the first vendors in the industry to pass MEF CE 2.0 certification in 2012.

In 2014, they introduced a new flagship next-generation WDM metro product line, the OptiDriver series and in 2015 introduced the industry’s first 100G purpose-built CE 2.0 NID, OptiPacket.

In 2015, the company introduced the industry's first 100G purpose-built CE 2.0 NID, OptiPacket.

Acquisitions and investments
In 1992, MRV acquired Galcom Networking, a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

MRV Communications acquired Fibronics International from Elbit Ltd. in 1996. A year later, the company acquired Interdata, a French-based system integrator specializing in optical networks, architecture, and network security for operators, enterprises, and large jurisdictions.

In 1998, the company paid $35 million for Xyplex Networks. This acquisition enhanced the development of remote management and IP routing functionality for WAN services and added distribution channels in the United States and Europe.

In 2001, the company acquired Alcadon AB, a Nordic-based system integrator of passive and active optical networking infrastructure.

In 2010, the company announced the sale of Source Photonics, Inc. to Francisco Partners. MRV Technologies sold Alcadon AB, a Nordic-based system integrator of passive and active optical networking infrastructure, to Deltaco AB in 2012.

Board of directors

 * Shlomo Margalit, Chairman
 * Rlzeev Rav Noi, Vice-Chairman
 * Noam Lotan, Director

Officers

 * Noam Lotan, Chief Executive Officer
 * Guy Avidan, Chief Financial Officer