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To: Rande Is who wrote (9162)	7/7/1999 11:30:00 AM
From: StockHawk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

Rande, I thought this might interest you - Linux plus Broadband. MRV Communications Receives Editor's Choice Award From Communications News July 06, 1999 12:39 PM CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999--MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:MRVC), received the Communications News Editor's Choice award for its NBase-Xyplex Linux Router. Communications News, a leading communications industry publication for the last 36 years, awarded the powerful, creative Linux Switch Router this award for being one of the industry's most innovative new technologies. Communications News stated the Linux Switch Router is "the industry's first high-performance enterprise switch router to integrate the open architecture of the Linux OS." With Linux as its software base, the OSR 8040 allows customers to take advantage of nonproprietary, cutting-edge application options that are constantly being developed. The OSR 8040 is a Linux switch router in an 18-slot chassis with a 40 Gbps routing fabric, frame and cell scheduling, and high-speed ASICs that support up to 26 million packets per second of throughput. About MRV Communications Inc. MRV Communications is a world-class leader in optical access. Its products integrate fiber-optic transmission, switching, routing and remote access to enhance the performance of enterprise and carriers' networks. MRV's fiber-optic transmission components send Broadband Internet, voice, cable and cellular telephony to carriers and access networks. Through its NBase-Xyplex brand, the company provides network enhancement solutions that accelerate the deployment and improve the performance of complex data networks. For more information, visit MRV at www.mrv.com. ----------------------- 52 week: 5 - 24 (stock fell off a cliff last Aug.) PE: 55 Mkt Cap: 330 Float: 20 StockHawk