Alchemy Communications, Inc. Chooses MRV Product Line as Basis for Los Angeles Fiber Network.

E-Business Services Provider Upgrades Core Network with Fiber Driver DWDM System

CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq:MRVC), a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, WDM and Optical Transport, Metro Ethernet, Fiber Optic components, High-Bandwidth wireless, 10GE and other Service Aware Networking Products, today announced that Alchemy Communications, Inc., a leading provider of co-location and managed data center services, has chosen the MRV Fiber Driver[R] to increase the bandwidth of its Los Angeles fiber backbone network.

Incorporated in 1995, Alchemy Communications is a major California provider of Internet and data center solutions. Utilizing an onsite "24x7" network operations center staff in each of its data centers, Alchemy offers co-location space, multi-carrier Internet connectivity and a wide range of managed services including monitoring, network security, storage, load balancing, video and audio streaming applications management and disaster recovery services.

Alchemy's metropolitan Los Angeles fiber-optic network consists of multiple fiber runs via diverse paths to each of its state-of-the-art facilities. Incorporating MRV Fiber Driver will enhance Alchemy's backbone network by using dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) to increase bandwidth, redundancy and efficiency resulting in a greater return on investment.

"We are confident that this solution will provide an infrastructure that can grow at the same rapid pace as the needs of our business," said Zane Alsabery, CEO of Alchemy Communications. "We chose MRV's product because it provided us with a solution we could implement immediately to maximize data throughput of our existing fiber-optic cabling and in turn allow us to increase our ability to provide top quality services to our customers."

"Fiber Driver's carrier-class design offers the features and uptime necessary for mission critical networks that are looking for a cost-effective backbone product," said Noam Lotan, CEO of MRV Communications. "Now that this system is in place, Alchemy will be able to scale and upgrade its network quickly."

MRV's Fiber Driver optical multi-service product line provides a full range of solutions like services demarcation, media conversion, signal repeating, and fiber-optimization, including coarse and dense WDM capabilities. Both managed and unmanaged solutions are available, including rack-mount, modular systems and desktop systems. The Fiber Driver line includes several families of products with the flexibility of hundreds of combinations and system options for any type of optical or copper technology, covering virtually every protocol in use in networking today.

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 LuminentOIC, 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 Global Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its products, please call [phone] or visit our websites at www.mrv.com and www.luminentoic.com.

About Alchemy Communications, Inc.

Alchemy Communications, Inc. offers co-location space, multi-carrier Internet connectivity, and a wide range of managed services including monitoring, network security, storage, load balancing, video and audio streaming, applications management and disaster recovery services enabling any size entity to cost effectively have their mission critical services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week ("24x7"). As a leading provider of co-location and data center managed services, Alchemy allows its clients to cost effectively grow their co-location infrastructure without the issues associated with managing a data center technical staff. Alchemy provides these clients with "no finger pointing" site maintenance and services that allow them to focus their attention and resources on managing their business rather than on data center technology. For more information about Alchemy Communications, Inc. please call [phone] or visit our website at www.alchemy.net.