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WRT ensures long-range 100G DWDM connectivity with Smartoptics

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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: [email protected]

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