MRV Communications, Inc. To Present at The Roth Capital Partners NY Conference September 7 - 8, 2005 The Westin New York at Times Square

MRV Communications, Inc. To Present at The Roth Capital Partners NY Conference September 7 - 8, 2005 The Westin New York at Times Square

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MRV Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRVC), a leading provider of network equipment and services and fiber optic components for metropolitan access and Fiber-to-the-Premise networks, today announced participation in the following upcoming event with the financial community:

Roth Capital Partners
New York Conference
Thursday September 8, 2005
9:00 a.m. Local Event Time
The Westin NY at Times Square

Interested parties can participate on the webcast on the Internet by visiting http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth6/mrvc/. To register for this conference, please contact your Roth sales representative at (800) 678-9147. Please note this conference is by invitation only.

For more information about the conference visit: http://www.rothcp.com/05events.html

About MRV Communications, Inc.

MRV Communications, Inc. ("MRV") provides optical Ethernet access equipment and services, and optical components. MRV designs, manufactures, sells, distributes, integrates and supports communication equipment and services, and optical components. MRV conducts its business along three principal segments: the networking group, the optical components group and development stage enterprise group. MRV's networking group provides equipment used by commercial customers, governments and telecommunications service providers, and include switches, routers, physical layer products and console management products as well as specialized networking products for aerospace, defense and other applications including voice and cellular communication. MRV's optical components group designs, manufactures and sells optical communications components, primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary LuminentOIC, Inc. These components include fiber optic transceivers for metropolitan, access and Fiber-to-the-Premises, or FTTP, applications. MRV markets and sells its products worldwide, through a variety of channels, which include a dedicated direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, value-added-resellers, distributors and systems integrators. MRV has operations in Europe that provide network system design, integration and distribution services that include products manufactured by third-party vendors, as well as MRV products. Such specialization enhances access to customers and allows MRV to penetrate targeted vertical and regional markets. For more information, please visit our websites at www.mrv.com and www.luminentoic.com.

Investor Relations
MRV Communications, Inc.
Investor Relations
(818) 886-MRVC (6782)
ir@mrv.com

Source: MRV Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: MRV Communications, Inc, Investor Relations, +1-818-886-6782,
ir@mrv.com

Web site: http://www.luminentoic.com/

Web site: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth6/mrvc

Web site: http://www.rothcp.com/05events.html

Web site: http://www.mrv.com/

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