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