Maxicom buys used and surplus networking equipment across Singapore and Malaysia — Cisco Catalyst and Nexus, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, Palo Alto and more. Switches, routers, firewalls and optics have long secondary lives, and the region's dense telco and data-centre fabric turns them over constantly. We wipe every configuration, pay in SGD, and collect free across Singapore.
Networking is some of the most reusable enterprise hardware there is. A generation-old Catalyst or Nexus switch, a Juniper router or a FortiGate firewall still has years of service ahead of it somewhere in the world, so demand on the secondary market is steady and deep. Singapore's role as a regional connectivity and subsea-cable hub, together with the telco and data-centre build-out across Malaysia, means fabric is refreshed here constantly — campus switch estates, data-centre spine-and-leaf, and edge firewalls all cycle out with real value left in them.
Platform, generation and port configuration set the price. A sample of what we actively buy:
Catalyst 9000 and 3000 campus switches, Nexus 9k and 7k data-centre switches, ISR and ASR routers and ASA appliances make up the bulk of what we buy. Cisco has the deepest secondary market of any networking brand, so a generation-old estate still clears readily. We reset every device and remove its configuration before resale.
EX and QFX switches, MX routers and SRX security gateways come out of telco and data-centre estates across the region and hold solid secondary value. We buy them working or faulty, whole fabrics or loose units. Include the model and port configuration in your list.
7000-series data-centre switches — the leaf-and-spine backbone of many modern DCs — are in steady demand as fabrics are refreshed and re-architected. We take them by the rack, reset and wipe each unit, and price on generation and port speed. Whole-fabric lots price best.
FortiGate, Palo Alto, Check Point and SonicWall appliances have real resale value, but they also hold configurations, credentials and certificates — so we factory-reset every unit and remove all configuration before it moves on. Tell us the models and we price on generation and throughput class.
SFP, SFP+, QSFP and QSFP-DD optics, DACs and line cards are high-value in volume and easy to overlook — a tray of coded transceivers can be worth more than the switch it came from. We buy them by the tray, any coding. Send part numbers and counts.
Enterprise access points and their controllers, retired in campus and office refreshes, clear steadily in volume across the region. We buy the APs and controllers together and reset them before resale. Volume lots from a multi-site estate price best.
Carrier-grade and enterprise routing platforms — the edge and core of telco and large-enterprise networks — carry high value and turn over as networks are upgraded. We handle them on a documented chain of custody and wipe every configuration. Include chassis, line cards and route processors in the inventory.
Redundant PSUs, fan trays and field-replaceable units keep an active spares market alive long after a platform is retired. We recover them from decommissioned gear and price on demand. Faulty units may still carry component value — tell us the condition.
Networking hardware holds its value unusually well: a generation-old Catalyst, Nexus, Juniper or Arista switch, a FortiGate firewall or a tray of coded optics still has years of service ahead of it somewhere, so the secondary market is deep and prices are steadier than for most IT. Value turns on platform, generation, port speed and configuration, condition and quantity — and, for optics especially, on volume. Configurations and credentials carry no resale value, but every device is wiped of them before it moves.
Send your switch, router and firewall list with models and port configurations, plus any optics part numbers and counts, and we return a written offer in SGD against current demand. Whole-fabric and volume-optics lots price sharpest.
Singapore is one of Asia's most connected points — a landing hub for subsea cables and a magnet for regional network operations — and Malaysia's data-centre surge is layering in new fabric fast. That combination produces a constant flow of decommissioned switches, routers, firewalls and optics from telcos, data centres, enterprises and integrators. We buy across all of them, reset and wipe every device, and pay in SGD for what a weigh-and-crush operation would treat as metal.
| Scrap yard | OEM refresh | Maxicom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you get paid? | Metal weight | Credit, brand-locked | Cash value in SGD |
| Configs & credentials | Left on device | Sometimes | Wiped before resale |
| Optics in volume | Ignored | N/A | Bought by the tray |
| Faulty units | Scrap | Refused | Priced on components / spares |
| Collection | You deliver | You ship | Free in Singapore; arranged in Malaysia |
Networking gear stores configurations, credentials and certificates, not user data — but that's still sensitive. Every device is reset to factory state and its configuration, credentials and keys removed before resale, on a documented chain of custody. Where a unit also carries storage (some appliances do), that media is sanitised to NIST 800-88 or destroyed with a certificate.
Every data-bearing drive is sanitised to NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 (HDD) and IEEE 2883-2022 (SSD/NVMe), with a certificate of destruction, on a documented chain of custody. Drives that can't be wiped are physically destroyed through a vetted partner. Certified destruction is what makes buyback safe under Singapore's PDPA and Malaysia's PDPA — so it's included in the deal, not billed as an extra.
Offices and corporates clearing space · IT teams running a refresh · data centres decommissioning across Singapore and the Johor/Iskandar corridor · banks, healthcare and government needing certified data destruction · schools and universities · and resellers, distributors, ITADs and MSPs clearing surplus and client stock. One unit or a warehouse — the process is the same, and the paperwork always holds up.
Send your switch and firewall list and we'll come back with a written SGD offer.
Get my quoteMaxicom Singapore Pte Ltd is an independent IT buyback and recycling company based at 51 Goldhill Plaza, Singapore, serving businesses across Singapore and Malaysia. We recover the value inside retired business IT, destroy data to NIST 800-88 and IEEE 2883, and route reusable hardware back into service — paying businesses for equipment that other recyclers charge to take.
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