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EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - MRV COMMUNICATIONS INCa2197120zex-21_1.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - MRV COMMUNICATIONS INCa2197120zex-23_1.htm
EX-10.14 - EXHIBIT 10.14 - MRV COMMUNICATIONS INCa2197120zex-10_14.htm
EX-10.41 - EXHIBIT 10.41 - MRV COMMUNICATIONS INCa2197120zex-10_41.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - MRV COMMUNICATIONS INCa2197120zex-32_2.htm

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Exhibit 32.1


CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

        In connection with the Annual Report of MRV Communications, Inc. ("MRV") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of MRV, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:

    1.
    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

    2.
    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of MRV.

Date: March 16, 2010   /s/ NOAM LOTAN

Noam Lotan
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)



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CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350