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To: Bruce L who wrote (14529)	7/20/1999 12:25:00 AM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MRV Announces First AcceleRouter™ Beta Site Installation Chatsworth, CA -- July 20,1999 MRV Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVC), a leading provider of high-speed optical network components and systems, today announced the first successful Beta installation of its AcceleRouter™ under its NBase-Xyplex brand name. The Beta installation is located at the corporate headquarters of Scitex Corporation Ltd., in Herzlia, Israel. The Scitex Israel network infrastructure contains more then 2500 ports, spread across 6 different buildings. An FDDI core ring is connecting between the buildings, together with a Cisco Router as a gateway between the FDDI ring and the local LAN. The AcceleRouter™ installation was successfully completed in the main corporate building, which represents approximately 25% of the total network. “The AcceleRouter™ installation improved our network performance and Scitex Corporation benefits an extreme improvement at a very small investment, saving huge efforts and money not installing a new expensive Router, not to mention the investment protection NBase-Xyplex can guarantee to us", said Mr. Ofer Moscovich, Scitex IT manager. “Executing the first beta site installation at Scitex was a very challenging mission, since the Scitex network consists of multiple protocols such as IP, IPX, AppleTalk, and Scitex Proprietary Layer 3 protocol," said Noam Lotan, President and CEO of MRV Communications, Inc. "In spite of the fact that it was not a heterogeneous network environment, the AcceleRouter™ installation was performed seamlessly.” The AcceleRouter™ has a basic configuration of 24 10/100Base-TX auto-sensing routed ports supported by a state-of-the-art 10 Gbps routing engine. With this core engine, the AcceleRouter™ can accelerate IP data to Wire-Speed (over 3 million packets per second). The AcceleRouter™ provides complete flexibility in the number of Router/Network ports and has an optional redundant power supply. The ATM core machine enables per flow queuing, achieving Ethernet simplicity with high-end ATM features. Using a patent pending auto-configuration technology, the AcceleRouter™ requires zero network configuration changes, regardless of the network architecture and design. The installation process includes connecting the AcceleRouter™ to the existing router, and to the network. With instant functionality, the AcceleRouter™, within minutes automatically detects the network configuration and starts performing the routing tasks at wire-speed. About MRV Communications, Inc. MRV Communications, Inc. 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. For more information about the AcceleRouter™, visit NBase-Xyplex at nbase-xyplex.com Contact: MRV Communications, Inc. Diana Hayden, 818/886-6782

To: Bruce L who wrote (14529)	7/20/1999 12:32:00 AM
From: Robert G. Harrell	Respond to of 42804

(Waiting up for the shuttle launch -- if the clouds clear.) I want to revisit the discussion of last weekend re: the start-ups and possible IPOs. Even though MRVC may not end up with 100% of each company, if one were spun off in an IPO, wouldn't we as share holders get some shares? When T spun off LU and NCR, T holders got shares of each. Wouldn't the same thing happen with MRVC? I would be delighted to get shares of NAC, even if it was only a couple hundred, if it took off like Juniper did. I would feel my MRVC money was well spent. <OT> Am I just being incredibly blessed, or is everyone seeing unbelievable results in their portfolios? I just got around to totaling last week's results and was astonished. That was the cherry on the whip cream of last week's sundae. All summer I've been trying to get some close up highlight video of my son for a film to send to some college coaches but his team has been in disarray and it's hard to make highlights if you are nearly a one man show. The 2 returning starting seniors who should be leading the team have let their football prospects and opinions of their own talent cause them to skip practices, games and team camps. (One of them has NBA potential talent if he would apply himself.) They "honored" us with their presence for the last game of the summer league and stunk up the place. When they missed practices in preparation for last week's Sunshine State Games, the coach told them not to bother showing up because they weren't going to play. Much to my surprise, some other players who have been working hard to get better, really stepped up and my son's team blew out the first 3 teams they played. I have highlights galore. In the 3rd game he was a wild man scoring 25 points, blocking shots, making steals, assists -- the complete game. I joked to the Dad next to me that all I lacked was a dunk. Sure enough, he stole the ball and raced down the court for a beautiful slam dunk.( I think I'll end the tape with that and on the Stanford copy put QED.) Of course, reality returned in the second game Sat. night when our cross town rivals who happen to be the #1 ranked team in the state for all classes, wore our boys down. All in all, however, it was a fabulous weekend. Hope everyone on the thread had a great one. They just interrupted the Tonight show to follow the count down so I'll shut up. Cheers, Bob