This Green Friday, PICS Telecom proudly continues our annual tradition of putting sustainability ahead of the conventional Black Friday frenzy.
While the rest of the world is shouting about flash sales and “doorbusters”, we’d rather talk about how to keep perfectly good network hardware in circulation for longer, reduce e-waste, and support your ESG without sacrificing budgets.
In 2025, we’re once again choosing Green Friday over Black Friday. This year, we highlight five outstanding telecom hardware products that carry real, traceable sustainability and compliance credentials from the original manufacturers and external schemes.
All five of the products below are:
- Refurbished, fully tested, and warranted by PICS Telecom, and
- Backed by independent environmental or regulatory credentials such as RoHS, WEEE, REACH, CE, ISO 14001, MEF CE 2.0 and NEBS Level 3.
Let’s get into the 2025 Green Friday line-up!
1. Nokia 8DG63207AA (S13X100R) – Universal 100G MUX Card with RoHS 6, WEEE, and CE
The Nokia 8DG63207AA, also known as S13X100R, is a universal 100G coherent transponder/muxponder card for the Nokia 1830 PSS. It delivers flexible 100G transport for carriers and data centres that want performance without a fresh manufacturing impact.
According to its datasheet, the S13X100R is compliant with:
- RoHS 6
- WEEE
- CE Mark
By choosing this card refurbished from PICS, you’re:
- Extending the life of high-value optical gear
- Reducing the need for new production and the embodied carbon that comes with it
- Staying aligned with key EU directives on hazardous substances and end-of-life treatment
2. Juniper MX204 – Compact Edge Router with Multi-Scheme Environmental Credentials
The Juniper MX204 (MX204-HWBASE) is a versatile hardware base designed for high-density edge and aggregation environments. This platform supports demanding service providers and enterprise workloads, offering reliable forwarding performance and flexible interface expansion.
The platform is ideal for operators seeking refurbished networking equipment or scalable modular router deployments. It helps optimise footprint and power use while maintaining consistent service delivery.
The MX204-HWBASE has the following environmental certifications:
- RoHS
- China RoHS
- WEEE
- REACH
- Green Dot
So when you deploy a refurbished MX204 from PICS, you can defend it in both technical and ESG conversations, and you’re stacking the following benefits:
- A modern, efficient edge platform
- Documented compliance with major hazardous-substance and end-of-life frameworks
- A circular procurement decision that keeps hardware in use far beyond the first owner
3. Cisco NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 – 400G Optical Line Card with Proven Quality and Eco Compliance
Cisco’s NCS4K-4H-OPW-QC2 is a 400G Packet/OTN/WDM universal line card for the NCS 4000 series, which offers a serious capacity for backbone and DCI applications.
It supports demanding service-provider and transport-network environments, delivering scalable bandwidth, flexible service grooming, and carrier-grade reliability. It’s Ideal for those seeking dependable, refurbished networking equipment for high-density optical transport.
A key reason it makes our Green Friday list is the combination of quality and environmental certifications associated with the product:
- ISO 14001
- ISO 9001
- RoHS
- REACH
- CE
- FCC
That means:
- Manufacture under recognised environmental (ISO 14001) and quality (ISO 9001) management systems
- Product-level alignment with hazardous-substance (RoHS), chemical (REACH), and EMC/safety (CE/FCC) regimes
- A 400G upgrade path that’s compatible with both your network roadmap and your sustainability reporting
4. Ciena NTK553LA – Wavelength Selective Switch in the 6500 Platform
The Ciena NTK553LA Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) is part of the Ciena 6500 platform – a workhorse for ROADM networks. The WSS provides flexible ROADM capabilities within CIENA’s OME 6500, enabling dynamic and software-defined optical networking.
For such a specialised piece of kit, environmental compliance still matters. Ciena’s documentation for the 6500 platform states that the system conforms with EU RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, as amended by 2015/863, alongside other EMC and safety directives. It bears the CE mark.
In practice, this means:
- Reduced use of restricted substances across the 6500 hardware family
- Alignment with the updated RoHS list (including additional restricted phthalates)
- A clearer story when auditors or customers ask how your optical layer aligns with EU environmental regulations
5. Adtran (ADVA) FSP 3000 – RoHS 10-Compliant Optical Transport Built for Efficiency
The Adtran (formerly ADVA) FSP 3000 is an open, scalable optical transport platform designed for high-capacity networking from the edge right through to the core – from DCI to carrier backbone.
With an open and modular design, Adva FSP 3000 supports a wide range of services and applications. Incorporating the latest innovation in photonic networking and our innovative ConnectGuard™ low-latency encryption technology, the FSP 3000 enables secure optical network solutions that can scale and accommodate tomorrow’s needs.
Moreover, with a high-density and energy-efficient design for the smallest footprint and power consumption, the FSP 3000 meets the most stringent sustainability requirements.
Indeed, from an environmental and compliance perspective, the FSP 3000 platform stands on very solid ground:
- RoHS 10 compliant
- WEEE
- CE mark
- FCC
- NRTL
- VCCI
- ISO 14001
- ISO 9001 / TL9000
On top of the formal standards, the FSP 3000 CloudConnect literature explicitly frames the platform around minimizing power consumption, footprint, and environmental impact, focusing on energy efficiency and reduced material intake across very high-capacity line rates.
What Green Friday Means for PICS – Every Year
Green Friday is more than a day for us. Every year, we treat it as an annual reminder of what we’re here to do:
- Champion circularity in telecoms: prioritize reuse, repair, and refurbishment over “rip and replace”.
- Make sustainability practical: offering refurbished and repaired hardware with real-world certifications like RoHS, WEEE, REACH, CE, ISO 14001, MEF CE 2.0, and NEBS
- Support your budgets as well as your ESG goals: Green Friday still delivers sharp commercial offers. It just focuses on equipment that makes sense environmentally as well as financially.
While Black Friday pushes you to buy more for the sake of it, Green Friday is our annual invitation to buy better.
Want to Talk Green Friday Deals for Your Network?
If you’d like pricing, availability, or technical guidance on any of these five Green Friday highlights – or you’d like help building a more sustainable hardware strategy across your network, get in touch with us.
We’ll help you swap Black Friday noise for Green Friday decisions that your procurement team, your engineers, and your sustainability lead can all stand behind.