MRV Introduces Industry's First 10G Ethernet Wireless Point-to-Point System
BusinessWire - April 28, 2008 9:00 AM ET
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq:MRVC), a leading provider of products and services for WDM and optical transport, metro Ethernet, fiber optic components, 10GE, out-of-band networking and other optical networking products, today announced the TereScope(R) TS-10GE, the industry's first wireless 10-Gigabit Ethernet system.
The system will make its public debut at MRV's booth at Interop (# 459), which runs from April 27 - May 2 in Las Vegas. The system has already been named a "Best of Interop" Finalist in the Wireless and Mobility category.
The line-of-sight TereScope provides enterprises and service providers with a cost-effective and high-bandwidth wireless solution for extending backbone networks between multiple buildings without a need for rights-of-way or a fiber-optic cable plant.
The patented TereScope TS-10GE has a range of up to 850 meters in clear weather. It connects to the LAN using a XFP interface with physical-layer and wavelength flexibility and distances up to 10 kilometers. The TereScope TS-10GE can be connected to an MRV 100Mb RF solution for back up in the event of heavy fog.
"The TereScope TS-10GE fills a void for enterprises moving to 10Gig Ethernet backbones, because it gives them the ability to cost-effectively extend their networks between buildings without dropping down to a lower speed solution," said Noam Lotan, president and CEO of MRV Communications. "The TereScope TS-10GE also complements MRV's OptiSwitch 930 10-Gigabit Ethernet demarcation device, allowing us to give carriers a full complement of access products at 10-Gigabit speeds."
Pricing and Availability
The 10GE TereScope TS-10GE will be available in the second half of 2008 with a list price of $45,000. More information about the TereScope family and its capabilities is on the MRV website at www.mrv.com.
About TereScope
The TereScope family of free-space optics (FSO) products provides cost-effective, high-speed wireless connectivity for a variety of last-mile applications. The TS-10GE uses MRV's patented passive air link (PAL) technology to improve optical coupling with the small area 10 GE detectors. This increases the overall optical budget, which increases link range and reliability. Operating at data rates of 1.5 Mbps to 10 Gbps, TereScope systems do not require right-of-way or government permits for installation and are deployable in a day, providing communication links for service providers or enterprises in hours instead of weeks or months. With more than 7,000 links deployed worldwide, MRV has the most experience in the market at selling, installing and servicing FSO equipment.
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 SourcePhotonics, 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 National Market under the symbol MRVC. For more information about MRV and its products, please call (818) 773-0900 or visit our websites at www.mrv.com and www.sourcephotonics.com.
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