Smartoptics Group AS

Regulatory Filings • Jul 20, 2021

DE-CIX chooses Smartoptics open line system for upgrading and future-proofing its backbone network with 400G capacity

DE-CIX chooses Smartoptics open line system for upgrading and future-proofing its backbone network with 400G capacity

Oslo, Norway - 20 July 2021 - Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical

networking solutions, today announced that the world's leading Internet and

Cloud Exchange operator DE-CIX has chosen Smartoptics' open line systems to

upgrade its network to 400G. The new network will improve customer experience

through smoother and faster provisioning and simplify network operations while

massively reducing costs.

DE-CIX provides premium network interconnection services at 28 locations across

Europe, Middle East, North America, and Asia. Founded in 1995, DE-CIX's Internet

Exchange in Frankfurt is one of the world's leading interconnection platforms,

managing more than 10 Terabits of traffic per second during peak traffic. The

first implementations at DE-CIX Frankfurt have already started with other DE-CIX

locations to follow.

Experiencing a yearly traffic growth of about 30% at its exchanges, more during

last year's pandemic lockdowns, DE-CIX needed to upscale its network. To

increase network capacity quickly and efficiently, staying ahead of customer

expectations, the Internet exchange provider has upgraded its network to 400G

based on Smartoptics open line system (https://www.smartoptics.com/products/open

-line-systems/).

Dr. Thomas King, CTO at DE-CIX, says: "With this latest technological leap, we

prepare for the digital future. Having followed Smartoptics' development as a

key advocate for open line systems over the years, we were confident that this

was the right choice for us. 400G technologies are an important key to DE-CIX's

future growth in order to prepare for upcoming traffic growth. The new 400G

network solution is exciting on several levels. It will enable us to create an

entirely new experience for our customers, with simpler and faster service

provisioning. Since the new type of network requires fewer infrastructure

components, it will also allow us to simplify network architecture and

operations - you might even say plug & play - while reducing the cost."

The solution will be based on the DCP-M40-ZR+ open line system, optimized for

coherent 400G connectivity, with embedded optics. DCP-M has the form factor and

usability of a passive multiplexer, but, unlike a passive multiplexer, it

monitors the traffic, amplifies the signals for longer distances, and can handle

higher data rate protocols.

The first implementations of the Smartoptics open line systems at DE-CIX

Frankfurt start now, and the rest of the DE-CIX locations will follow.

"We are excited that DE-CIX, as the world's leading Internet Exchange operator,

is showing their confidence in Smartoptics product's when upgrading and

upscaling their mission-critical network. That our solutions for 400G

connectivity fits DE-CIX global deployment of open line systems and bandwidth

optimized routers is clear proof of our successful strategy for open and

disaggregated networking solutions," says Magnus Grenfeldt, CEO Smartoptics.

For more information please contact:

Magnus Grenfeldt

CEO

Smartoptics

Telephone: +47 214 174 00

Email: marketing@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/

About DE-CIX

DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is the world's leading operator of

Internet Exchanges. In total, at its 28 locations in Europe, North America, the

Middle East, and Asia, DE-CIX interconnects over 2,300 network operators

(carriers), Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers, and enterprise

networks from more than 100 countries, offering peering, cloud, and

interconnection services. The combined connected customer capacity of all DE-CIX

locations worldwide exceeds 80 Terabits, making it the largest neutral

interconnection ecosystem in the world. DE-CIX in Frankfurt, Germany, with a

data throughput of more than 10 Terabits per second (Tbps) and over 1,000

connected networks, is one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world.

urther information at www.de-cix.net