exv32w1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULE 13A-14(B) AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of MRV Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned, in the capacities and on October 27, 2004, 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) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

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


		MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC
		By: /s/ Noam Lotan

		Noam Lotan
		President and Chief Executive Officer

		By: /s/ Shay Gonen

		Shay Gonen
		Chief Financial Officer

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

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