Smartoptics Group AS

Regulatory Filings • Mar 20, 2025

Digital Edge meets rapidly growing Indonesian connectivity demands with Smartoptics

Digital Edge meets rapidly growing Indonesian connectivity demands with Smartoptics

Oslo, Norway - March 20, 2025 - Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical

networking solutions, today announced that Digital Edge, a leading Asian

interconnection and data center operator, has deployed state-of-the-art DWDM

equipment to enable 800G capacity. The compact and easy-to-use Smartoptics

solution helps Digital Edge's Indonesian brand, Indonet, continue its rapid

growth and deliver competitive services to customers with strong cost

efficiency.

Headquartered in Singapore, Digital Edge is a leading developer and operator of

interconnection and hyperscale edge data centers across Asia. With a portfolio

exceeding 500MW across key Asian markets, the company offers a comprehensive

suite of interconnection services, including Cross Connect, Cross LinkT, and

Edge Peering Internet Exchange (EPIX), enabling secure, low-latency connectivity

between facilities.

Indonet, a Digital Edge company, is a full-service ISP and NAP licensed operator

of an Indonesian carrier-grade network. To meet the growing demand for higher

speed links, Digital Edge and Indonet have partnered with Smartoptics to light

up a multi-site ring network. The 800G-ready network interconnects data centers

across the greater Jakarta area.

"Indonet is maintaining its competitive position in the rapidly growing

Indonesian market by deploying Smartoptics high-speed networking equipment with

excellent capital and operational efficiency. Their solutions pack modern

technology and performance into compact, energy-efficient hardware that makes

the most of each fiber pair. We are excited to be partnering with Smartoptics to

deliver world-class services to meet the vast potential of APAC's digitalization

journey," says Raphael Ho, Head of Interconnect Engineering and Operations,

Digital Edge.

The Smartoptics solution is centered around the 800G-ready DCP-R 34-degree

ROADM. The ROADMs are managed efficiently with the SoSmart software suite. The

DCP-404 muxponder is used to aggregate 4x100G, maximizing fiber utilization. The

plan is to rapidly deploy 800G later this year to further increase cost

efficiency and preempt further demand increases.

"This deployment by Indonet in Jakarta is a shining example of how Indonesia and

other fast-growing APAC markets can overcome fiber reliability challenges to

meet their digitalization potential. 800G will further increase fiber

utilization and be necessary as bandwidth needs continue to increase, and that's

why our latest open line systems and ROADMs are 800G-ready. This means that 800G

optics can easily be added when the time comes soon. We are proud to support

Digital Edge's innovations in connectivity in the dynamic, vibrant and growing

Asia-Pacific region," says Magnus Grenfeldt, CEO, Smartoptics.

For more information please contact:

Magnus Grenfeldt

CEO

Smartoptics

+46 73-366 88 77

E-mail: 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 and have a global

reach through more than 100 business partners.

For additional information about Smartoptics, please visit

https://smartoptics.com/ (https://www.smartoptics.com/)

About Digital Edge:

Headquartered in Singapore, Digital Edge is a trusted and forward-looking data

center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in

Asia. Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data

centers rich with connectivity options, Digital Edge aims to bring new

colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making infrastructure

deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical.

Backed by leading alternative investment firm Stonepeak, Digital Edge has

established itself as a market-leading pan-Asia data center platform. The

company provides data center and fiber services across Asia, with a presence in

Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. You can visit the

company's website at www.digitaledgedc.com.

About Indonet:

Established in 1994, Indonet is a leading digital infrastructure service

provider, delivering comprehensive solutions customized to the evolving needs of

modern businesses. As an industry pioneer, Indonet sets the benchmark in multi

-connectivity access and seamless integration with various data centers and

global cloud providers.

With a commitment to innovation, Indonet empowers companies with reliable and

scalable solutions, accelerating their digital transformation journey. You can

visit the company's website at indonet.id