MRV Empowers Lightower Fiber Networks to Expand the Northeast’s Highest Density Fiber Network

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MRV Communications ™, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVC) (“MRV®”), a global provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, announced today that Lightower Fiber Networks has expanded its footprint of MRV’s OptiSwitch® Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) service demarcation and first mile aggregation platform. This was done to support an increased number of fiber connections and bandwidth-rich services as Lightower grows its service footprint. Lightower has used the MRV solution for several years to deliver premium Carrier Ethernet services over an all-fiber network that offers the highest fiber density and supports the highest building count of any metro fiber provider in the Northeast. The OptiSwitch platform offers the efficiency, intelligence and reliability that Lightower requires as a leading service provider to thousands of enterprises, including financial institutions, data centers and carriers in some of the nation’s largest cities.