FIBER-OPTIC DEMAND UPS MRV ESTIMATES.Byline: Jason Z. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Staff Writer CHATSWORTH - An increased focus on fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber means a bright future for MRV Communications  OverviewMRV NASDAQ: MRVC is a company that designs, manufactures, sells, distributes, integrates and supports communication equipment and services, and optical components. , analysts predict. Although he is not wavering from his fourth-quarter earnings estimate of 2 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , Chet White, stock analyst with First Security Van Kasper, said he believes the company is on track to increase its performance over time. Investors, however, speculate that the company, which makes computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. equipment, will more than double analysts' expectations when it announces earnings today. WhisperNumber.com, pegs MRV's average at 5 cents per share. Thomson Financial's First Call, generally considered a more conservative estimate, matches White's estimate of 2 cents per share. The company's stock has enjoyed quite a run-up in the past year, rising from a low of $5.87 per share to its Friday close of $90.50 per share. ``I think things are going well over there,'' White said. ``They have been able to integrate these fiber optics into their switches and routers. It's going to differentiate MRV MRV minute respiratory volume. in the long run from some of its other competitors.'' MRV is differentiating itself in other areas as well, White said. The company is working to incorporate Linux software in its equipment, and the company has an optical switch and a subscriber management system for broadband service providers that are both attractive products, he said. MRV's involvement in other aspects of communications networking makes the company solid competition for the likes of Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. , Cisco Systems and JDS Uniphase, White said. ``They're smaller, but they're working on a terabit router project,'' he said. ``There's definitely more demand (for MRV products) than there is for some of the others.'' The current generation of routers can handle one billion bits of data per second. A terabit router, at a trillion bits per second, would be 1,000 times faster. |
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