--- title: Citynet, the IT Brand of Hall AG, Extends Network with MRV’s Newest Equipment description: Citynet, the IT Brand of Hall AG, Extends Network with MRV’s Newest Equipment --- - [Contact JSA](https://www.jsa.net/contact/) - [Tech & Telecom News Now](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/telecompr) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/JaymieScottoTV) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaymie-scotto-%26-associates) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScottoandAssociates) [![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-120h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png)](https://www.jsa.net/) - [Company](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Our Core Values](https://www.jsa.net/core-values/) - [Our Team](https://www.jsa.net/team/) - [Our Clients](https://www.jsa.net/clients/) - [Our Story](https://www.jsa.net/our-story/) - [Giving Back](https://www.jsa.net/giving-back/) - [Our News](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-news/) - [Our Partners](https://www.jsa.net/partners/) - [Services](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Public Relations & Content](https://www.jsa.net/public-relations/) - [Digital Marketing](https://www.jsa.net/digital-marketing/) - [Consultation](https://www.jsa.net/pr-marketing-consultation/) - [Website & Design](https://www.jsa.net/website-design-development/) - [Video & WebCasts](https://www.jsa.net/video-marketing-webcasts/) - [Event Planning](https://www.jsa.net/event-planning/) - [Portfolio](https://www.jsa.net/portfolio/) - [Pricing](https://www.jsa.net/pricing/) - [Regions](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [United States](https://www.jsa.net/united-states/) - [Canada](https://www.jsa.net/canada/) - [Europe](https://www.jsa.net/europe/) - [Flexibility](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Small Company Offerings](https://www.jsa.net/small-company/) - [Medium Company Packages](https://www.jsa.net/medium-company/) - [Large Company Partnerships](https://www.jsa.net/large-company/) - [Channels](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Telecom Exchange (TEX)](https://www.jsa.net/tex/) - [CEO Exchange](https://www.jsa.net/ceo-exchange/) - [JSA TV](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-tv/) - [JSA Radio](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-radio/) - [Virtual CEO Roundtables](https://www.jsa.net/virtual-roundtables/) - [Women’s Speaking Initiative](https://www.jsa.net/womens-speaking-initiative/) - [Industry Events](https://www.jsa.net/industry-events) - [Blog](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) - [Company](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Our Core Values](https://www.jsa.net/core-values/) - [Our Team](https://www.jsa.net/team/) - [Our Clients](https://www.jsa.net/clients/) - [Our Story](https://www.jsa.net/our-story/) - [Giving Back](https://www.jsa.net/giving-back/) - [Our News](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-news/) - [Our Partners](https://www.jsa.net/partners/) - [Services](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Public Relations & Content](https://www.jsa.net/public-relations/) - [Digital Marketing](https://www.jsa.net/digital-marketing/) - [Consultation](https://www.jsa.net/pr-marketing-consultation/) - [Website & Design](https://www.jsa.net/website-design-development/) - [Video & WebCasts](https://www.jsa.net/video-marketing-webcasts/) - [Event Planning](https://www.jsa.net/event-planning/) - [Portfolio](https://www.jsa.net/portfolio/) - [Pricing](https://www.jsa.net/pricing/) - [Regions](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [United States](https://www.jsa.net/united-states/) - [Canada](https://www.jsa.net/canada/) - [Europe](https://www.jsa.net/europe/) - [Flexibility](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Small Company Offerings](https://www.jsa.net/small-company/) - [Medium Company Packages](https://www.jsa.net/medium-company/) - [Large Company Partnerships](https://www.jsa.net/large-company/) - [Channels](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Telecom Exchange (TEX)](https://www.jsa.net/tex/) - [CEO Exchange](https://www.jsa.net/ceo-exchange/) - [JSA TV](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-tv/) - [JSA Radio](https://www.jsa.net/jsa-radio/) - [Virtual CEO Roundtables](https://www.jsa.net/virtual-roundtables/) - [Women’s Speaking Initiative](https://www.jsa.net/womens-speaking-initiative/) - [Industry Events](https://www.jsa.net/industry-events) - [Blog](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) # Citynet, the IT Brand of Hall AG, Extends Network with MRV’s Newest Equipment [MRV Communications](http://www.mrv.com/), the global provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, announced today the expansion of its longstanding partnership with [Citynet](http://www.hall.ag/), a regional carrier network in Austria. Citynet serves the Inn Valley’s large enterprise and many residential customers, as well as many mountain ski resorts and lift infrastructure. Citynet also provides DSL, dedicated fiber, VPN, IP TV and Cloud Services to customers within the region. The company has been successfully building services for its [![Citynet_portalLogo](https://blog.jsa.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Citynet_portalLogo.png?width=227&height=85&name=Citynet_portalLogo.png)](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Citynet_portalLogo.png)customers for more than 10 years with MRV Communications Packet and Optical equipment. Citynet deploys OptiSwitch® devices as Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), aggregation and core platforms. Business critical services are also deployed with MRV’s Fiber Driver® and OptiDriver™ for optical transport to Citynet enterprise customers. Citynet has been extending its network with MRV’s newest products this year and deployed MRV's latest optical transport flagship product line, OptiDriver. New deployments enable to deliver substantially more high-capacity bandwidth services to the enterprise customers and expand service footprint to more regions via leased fiber optic infrastructure. [![od-family_web](https://blog.jsa.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/od-family_web-273x300.png?width=273&height=300&name=od-family_web-273x300.png)](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/od-family_web.png)OptiDriver is designed to optimize both 10Gbps and 100Gbps applications with the industry’s most compact, low power, and flexible product line. OptiDriver is fully integrated into MRV’s advanced Pro-Vision® service provisioning and management platform, which operates seamlessly in a mixed network of MRV’s Optical and Carrier Ethernet systems. "Our comprehensive family of end-to-end packet and optical solutions are designed to help service providers scale to high-capacity services with both carrier-class reliability and an ease-of-use that makes integration into their networks simple," said Scott St. John, Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Service at MRV Communications. “The new addition of our flagship optical transport platform, OptiDriver, will enable Citynet with a scalable and highly integrated metro network that supports further bandwidth growth to 100G capacity and beyond while ensuring an outstanding customer experience.” Citynet has experienced steady growth and builds the foundation for all services through MRV equipment and has been deploying OptiSwitch® carrier Ethernet 2.0 service demarcation and pre-aggregation platforms. These field-proven devices are designed to meet the stringent Carrier Ethernet network requirements including resilience, Quality of Service and service assurance tools to enable SLA-based network. [![Hall-AG_portalLogo](https://blog.jsa.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Hall-AG_portalLogo.png?width=208&height=128&name=Hall-AG_portalLogo.png)](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Hall-AG_portalLogo.png)“Ultimately, we chose MRV because of the reliability we have experienced over the years,” states Manuel Kofler, Head of IT Department for Hall AG. “The evolving mix of features, and ease of operations, are critical components to ensure ubiquitous access and maximum performance for our customers. DWDM and packet solutions being provided by a single vendor helps streamline our products and simplifies the processes.” For more information regarding MRV’s comprehensive suite of global packet and optical products, visit [http://www.mrv.com/products](http://www.mrv.com/products) [enterprise](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/enterprise), [Ethernet Private Line (EPL)](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/ethernet-private-line-epl), [Internet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/internet), [internet traffic](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/internet-traffic-2), [IT](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/it), [network equipment](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/network-equipment-2), [Metro Ethernet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/metro-ethernet), [metro ethernet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/metro-ethernet-ethernet), [metro market](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/metro-market), [Broadband](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/broadband), [broadband](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/broadband-2), [business partnership](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/business-partnership), [Ethernet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/ethernet), [bandwidth](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/bandwidth), [bandwidth infrastructure](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/bandwidth-infrastructure), [business continuity](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/business-continuity), [business ethernet](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/business-ethernet), [business investment](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/business-investment), [architecture](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/architecture), [B2B](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/b2b), [Bandwidth Infrastructure](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/bandwidth-infrastructure-2), [Internet Service Providers](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/internet-service-providers), [Internet Traffic](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/internet-traffic), [shared IT](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/shared-it), [SMB](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/smb), [Network Equipment](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/network-equipment), [Network Function Virtualization](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/network-function-virtualization), [partnerships](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/partnerships), [Technology](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/technology), [telecom infrastructure](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecom-infrastructure), [Telecommunications](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecommunications), [Telecommunications by Meghan Rose-McNally](https://blog.jsa.net/blog/tag/telecommunications-by-meghan-rose-mcnally) #### Share This Article [mailto:?body=https://blog.jsa.net/blog/citynet-the-it-brand-of-hall-ag-extends-network-with-mrvs-newest-equipment/22387](mailto:?body=https://blog.jsa.net/blog/citynet-the-it-brand-of-hall-ag-extends-network-with-mrvs-newest-equipment/22387) TEX Dallas 2019 is taking place on March 13, 2019 at the Aloft Dallas Downtown. 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