Smartoptics Group AS

Regulatory Filings • Dec 8, 2021

WRT ensures long-range 100G DWDM connectivity with Smartoptics

WRT ensures long-range 100G DWDM connectivity with Smartoptics

Oslo, Norway - December 8, 2021 - Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical

networking solutions, today announced that US-based telco WRT has chosen

Smartoptics 100G optics for upgrading its backbone network. The solution will

future-proof the internet provider's services and ensure optimum performance

over long distances.

West River Telecommunications (WRT) is a one-stop-shop for high-speed internet,

voice and security services in North and South Dakota. WRT has been seeing

steady growth in internet traffic over the past years, driven by a growing

customer base, which is set to continue. To stay on top of this growth, WRT has

decided to future-proof its backbone network by upgrading to 100G. Smartoptics

100G transceivers, transponders and DCP products will ensure that the DWDM links

of the new 100G network will reach long distances effectively.

"We've been using Smartoptics equipment for a while now and we have been

impressed time and time again with their price points, performance and

responsive, hands-on support. We needed long-range 100G optics to go with our

new backbone network and Smartoptics was able to meet our needs perfectly once

again. This will enable us to future-proof our network capacity and offer speeds

greater than 1G to both residential and business customers, driving connectivity

and growth across the rural communities we serve," says Jody Murschel, Network

Manager at WRT.

Construction of the new 100G network was completed in August and WRT will begin

migrating over traffic in the fall.

"Our 100G transceivers, transponders and amplifiers are carefully designed and

optimized for long distances. This project serves as an excellent proof of

concept for how Smartoptics fits like a glove with telcos like WRT serving large

rural areas and upgrading their backbone networks to 100G," says Magnus

Grenfeldt, CEO of Smartoptics.

For further information please contact:

Magnus Grenfeldt

CEO

Smartoptics

Telephone: +47 214 174 00

Email: magnus.grenfeldt@smartoptics.com

About Smartoptics

Smartoptics provides innovative optical networking solutions and devices for the

new era of open networking. Our customer base includes thousands of enterprises,

governments, cloud providers, Internet exchanges as well as cable and telecom

operators. We have an open networking approach in everything we do which allows

our customers to break unwanted vendor lock-in, remain flexible and minimize

costs. Our solutions are used in metro and regional network applications that

increasingly rely on data center services and specifications. Smartoptics is a

Scandinavian company?founded in 2006. We partner with leading technology and

network solution providers such as Brocade, Cisco and Dell EMC and have a global

reach through more than 100 business partners.

For additional information about Smartoptics, please visit

https://www.smartoptics.com