MRV Communications, Inc. to Present at the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV Communications, Inc. will be presenting on February 22, 2005 at the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual OC Conference.

MRV Communications, Inc., (Nasdaq:MRVC), a leading provider of unlimited connectivity solutions for scalable networks, today announced participation in the following upcoming event with the financial community:

Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual OC Conference
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
1:30 PM Local Event Time
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa, Dana Point, CA

To view the presentation, please visit:
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth5/mrv/

Interested parties can participate on the webcast on the Internet
by visiting:
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth5/mrv/

About MRV Communications, Inc.

MRV provides optical ethernet access equipment and services, and optical components. MRV conducts its business along three principal segments: the networking group, the optical components group and development stage enterprises. MRV's networking group provides equipment used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service providers, and include switches, routers, network physical infrastructure equipment and remote device management equipment as well as specialized networking products for defense and aerospace applications. MRV's optical components group designs, manufactures and sells optical communications components, primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary LuminentOIC, Inc. These components include components for Fiber-to-the-Premise, or FTTP, applications, fiber optic transceivers, and CWDM applications. MRV markets and sells its products worldwide, through a variety of channels, which include a dedicated direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors and systems integrators. MRV has operations in Europe that provide network system design, integration and distribution services that include products manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as MRV products. Such specialization enhances access to customers and allows the Company to penetrate targeted vertical and regional markets. For more information, call MRV at 818-773-0900 or visit our websites at http://www.mrv.com and http://www.luminentoic.com.

About the Roth Capital Partners 17th Annual Growth Stock Conference

This conference will feature more than 220 leading growth companies in sectors such as Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services and Consumer Products. A concentrated, two-day program will allow institutional investors to meet the executives from a select group of companies that have been hand picked by the Roth Capital Partners research team. 40% of this year's participating companies are presenting here for the first time. The average market cap of this year's presenters is around $330 million, with the median around $185 million. This closely mirrors the average and median market cap for the proposed Russell Microcap(tm)Index which is expected to be around $277 million and $176 million respectively.

To register for this conference, please contact your Roth sales representative at 800-678-9147.

Please note that this conference is by invitation only.

For more information about the conference visit: http://www.rothcp.com/2005%20DP%20Conference%20Web%20Site/Roth%20DP. html?content=home.