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the company through its business units is a provider of optical communications network infrastructure equipment and services to a broad range of telecom concerns including multinational telecommunications operators local municipalities msos corporate and consumer high speed g internet service providers and data storage and cloud computing providers . contents 1 history 2 mrv leadership 2.1 board of directors 2.2 officers 3 references 4 external links history edit mrv was founded in 1988 by prof. shlomo margalit and dr. zeev rav noy as a maker of metro and access optoelectronic components . mrv s metro and access transceivers enable network equipment to be deployed across large campuses or in municipal and regional networks . to expand leadership mrv established luminentoic an independent subsidiary . luminentoic makes fiber to the premises fttp components activity that was initiated by rob goldman that founded the fttx business unit in luminant at 2001 . in the 1990s mrv produced ethernet switching and optical transport for metro and campus environments . mrv began building switches and routers used by carriers implementing metro ethernet networks that provide ethernet services to enterprise customers and multi dwelling residential buildings . significant milestones acquisitions product development 1992 created nbase communications through galcom and ace acquisitions acquisitions created networking company with a focus on technology for the token ring lan ibm connectivity and multi platform network management for the ibm netview and hp openview platforms following the acquisitions the company consolidated these operations in israel with its networking operations in the u.s. 1996 acquired fibronics from elbit ltd. enhanced the development of fast ethernet and gigabit ethernet functions through the acquisitions of the fibronics gigahub family of products served as foundation of optiswitch series and other modular optical products added valuable product development capability expanded range of networking products and added new marketing and distribution channels and sales in the united states israel and europe 1997 acquired interdata a french based system integrator specializing in optical networks architecture and network security for operators enterprises and large jurisdictions 1997 1999 very significant oem activity for gigabit 1998 acquired xyplex acquisition enhanced the development of remote management and ip routing functionality for wan services and added distribution channels in the united states and europe 1998 1st wdm deployment in metro network in europe german city carrier network based on ethernet switching and wdm technologies 1998 invested in tecnonet spa an italian based system integrator 1999 awarded as prime vendor to deploy world s 1st metro ethernet national network in swedish telecom 1999 introduced linux based ip router based on network processor technology 2001 acquired alcadon ab a nordic based system integrator of passive and active optical networking infrastructure 2005 introduced industry 1st packet optical platform with integrated ip mpls ethernet and wdm technologies and gets mef ce 1.0 certification among the 1st 10 vendors in the industry 2008 introduced industry 1st purpose built 10ge demarcation device for carrier ethernet access services 2009 deployed optiswitch ethernet demarcation in industry s 1st 4g lte commercial mobile backhaul network 2009 introduced one of the lowest latency optical products fiber driver for high frequency trading 2010 introduced industry 1st physical layer 10g switch for lab automation market 2010 announced the divestiture of source photonics inc. to francisco partners . 2011 sets a record for industry most efficient wdm solution with power space rate 2012 among the 1st vendors in the industry to pass mef ce 2.0 certification 2014 introduced new flagship next generation wdm metro product line optidriver series 2015 introduced industry 1st 100g purpose built ce 2.0 nid optipacket mrv has been awarded numerous industry accolades for its innovative wdm optical networking and carrier ethernet product lines in recent years from the industry s top governing bodies and leading research publications and alliances such as mef supercomm nxtcomm frost & sullivan and others . mrv leadership edit board of directors edit ken traub chairman robert pons vice chairman mark j. bonney director brian bellinger director jeannie diefenderfer director jeffrey tuder director officers edit mark bonney chief executive officer stephen krulik chief financial officer references edit external links edit mrv communications web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mrv communications & oldid 743512740 categories telecommunications equipment vendorsphotonics companiescompanies based in los angeleshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from april 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references 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