Transcript NAPWACI: The New Gateway to Africa

Overview of Interexchange
Developments in other Regions and
Relevance to the Caribbean
Max A. Figueroa
Vice President International
Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
+305 807 4861
[email protected]
What is a NAP?
A great center for access and
distribution of Internet traffic
and services where everyone is
connected at a distance of zero.
An operator neutral transit medium that
enables a high speed connection at a low
cost given the massive concentration of
telecommunications and Internet
operators.
Facilitates the interconnection of telecom
operators, Internet Service Providers,
Content Providers, large corporations and
small/medium businesses.
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History of NAPs/IXs
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Started in the Mid-90s as a National Science Foundation initiative to
commercialize the Internet Backbone.
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Soon thereafter, IXs emerged around the world to concentrate capacity for
connection of each region to the Internet backbone.
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Four initial NAPs were located in in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and
California.
Initially, the NAPs provided interconnection services within operator locations.
IXs typically provide the interconnection fabric and rely on third parties for the
collocation offering.
Managed services are normally not provided by the IX, relying on third parties or the
members themselves for ancillary services.
Operator-neutral NAPs/IX appeared in the early 2000s to provide more services
to a wider customer base.
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The NAP of the Americas opened in 2000 as the first operator-neutral NAP in the
southern corridor aimed at facilitating interconnection between US and Latin America.
The NAP of the Americas combined a state of the art data center with the necessary
switching platforms and the managed service to create an attractive total package for
its users.
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Key Requirements for a NAP
• Massive Connectivity
• Successful NAPs are located in areas of very large concentration of regional
and international telecommunications networks.
• A NAP is a critical part of the telecommunications infrastructure of the region as
it acts as a hub for telecommunications network and Internet content
distribution.
• State of the Art Infrastructure
• NAPs today host mission critical infrastructure for operators, content providers
and enterprises and rely on the robustness of their infrastructure.
• Complete Suite of Services
• Today’s NAPs are global operations where customers rely on the operator for
an increased share of the operation of the infrastructure.
• NAPs need to be able to enable new approaches such as cloud computing,
virtualization, data storage and advanced network security.
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The Network As The Enabler
Massive aggregation of fiber and
satellite networks
Provides access to business critical
infrastructure through any medium
Herndon
Culpeper
Madrid
Brussels
Santa Clara
Business Applications
Santo Domingo
Bogotá
Corporate
Data Centers
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Amsterdam
Sao Paulo
Personal
Computers
Miami
Enterprise
Customers
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PDAs
Public Internet
Network Transport
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Mobile
Phones
Example of the Impact of a NAP on
Internet Traffic
NAP of the
Americas Begins
Operations
South America Traffic (Mbps)
Latin America Intra-Region
Latin America to US & Canada
Total
1999
48
953
1,001
2000
77
2,634
2,711
2001
1,967
14,014
15,981
2002
1,809
23,524
25,333
2003
2,519
48,386
50,905
2004
6,061
76,807
82,868
2005
14,005
121,848
135,853
2006
59,409
258,196
317,605
Source: Telegeography Global Internet Database 2006
Submarine
Cables
Connecting
South America
Inaugurated
NAP do Brasil
Begins
Operations
• In Miami, the NAP of the Americas has had an enormous impact on
the Internet traffic volume between the US and Latin America.
• A similar effect occurred after the opening of the NAP do Brasil in
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Example of Impact of a NAP on
Connectivity Costs
Average Costs for STM-1 Circuit between US and Sao Paulo
$120,000
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
$2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
Source: Telegeography Global Bandwidth Research Service
Average Annual Price Reduction – 78%
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2007
Per Capita GDP, in PPS (2004)
Impact of Connectivity on a Country’s
Economic Development – Western Africa
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
R2 = 0.8639
5,000
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
Connectivity, 2004
Source: Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo, 2007
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70.0
80.0
90.0
Impact of Reduction of 20% in Connectivity
Costs in Western Africa
Níger
4.0%
Republic o f the Co ngo
3.4%
Chad
2.6%
Nigeria
2.4%
Guinea
2.0%
M ali
1.7%
B urkina Faso
1.7%
Camero o n
1.4%
M o zambique
1.2%
B enin
1.1%
M auritania
1.1%
Senegal
1.1%
Ghana
0.9%
To go
0.8%
Gambia
Cape Verde
M o rro cco
0.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
Fuente: Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo, 2007
An increase of 1,6% in connectivity would result in the long term (5-10
years) in an improvement of 5-6% of the per capita GDP in the region.
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What About the Caribbean Region?
• Internet traffic is on the
rise around the world,
especially in Latin
America and the
Caribbean.
• Internet traffic capacity
in the Caribbean is only
1% of the total regional
capacity despite
extensive connectivity.
• The region needs a
NAP to complement the
existing infrastructure.
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Caribbean Regional Connectivity
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Global Crossing
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Grupo Hostos
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St. Croix
NAP del Caribe Project Objectives
Build and Operate a NAP in the
Dominican Republic to provide to
the Caribbean:
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Carrier Neutral Connectivity
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Lower Connectivity Costs
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Highly Secure and Reliable
Infrastructure for
Collocation of Mission
Critical Equipment.
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Professional and Managed
Services
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Traffic Aggregation and
Distribution of Regional
Traffic
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To Become the Premier Interconnection Point for the Caribbean
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NAP del Caribe Design
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Total construction volume of 10.000 m2
4.000 m² in collocation space
Designed to resist earthquakes and Category 5 hurricanes.
Electrical infrastructure design for high availability of 100% and
autonomous operation during 14 days.
• Phase 1 in Operation; Phase 2 to begin operations in 2H 09.
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NAP del Caribe will be Connected to Our
Global Virtual Marketplace
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Benefits to the Region
• The NAP del Caribe will provide the Caribbean region with a
highly reliable and secure lnternet platform to house webbased solutions necessary to move the region towards the
global information economy.
• Individual countries can connect to the NAP del Caribe via
submarine fiber cable networks to enable a true distributed
NAP infrastructure for the region.
• The NAP del Caribe is positioned to help promote economic
development and contribute to the reduction of the digital
divide.
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Conclusion
• The concept of the NAP/IX has evolved to become a full
service center to house mission critical applications.
• A NAP is a necessary piece of infrastructure for the
Caribbean to join the global economy and can bring
economical and social benefits to the region.
• The NAP del Caribe can be the first step towards the
development of this critical infrastructure in the region.
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