Smartoptics announced that Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange (BCIX), Berlin's leading internet exchange point, has chosen Smartoptics to increase 100G capacity between data centers. The solution also provides a cost-efficient and future-proof upgrade path to 400G. The Smartoptics DCP-404 muxponder was selected along with 400G-ready muxes and transceivers to enable more 100G links without having to make a major investment in new active DWDM equipment.

The solution will give BCIX a low-cost way of increasing capacity today. It also makes it possible to upgrade to 400G later by upgrading the switches and re-using the same optics. With remote breakout functionality, open standards and support for embedding, the solution's flexibility will enable BCIX to use multiple 100G ports with different switches and devices.

The specifics of the use case made it rare and required a creative solution. The Smartoptics network elements worked as expected because of their flexible design and ease of configuration.