Transcript BT International Corporate Presentation

BT’s view on research
networking
Bruno Tideman
Agenda
• BT’s organization / capabilities
• Current research networks
• Market developments
– Building blocks
• Summary
Organization
BT Group plc
BT Wholesale
BT Ignite
Network operations
Europe multi site corporates
BT Openworld
BT Exact Technologies
UK consumer ISP
R& D
BT Retail
UK Consumers, SME
Our Global Capabilities
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Global reach through BT-owned infrastructure and partnerships
with local/regional telcos
 Delivering service to 400+ cities in more than 100 countries
Pan-European Fibre Network
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Ring topology with
multiple redundant
connections
Core backbone running
at speeds up to 10 Gbit/s
Over 200,000 customers
connected
GigaPort Research Network
• Semi collapsed
backbone in
Amsterdam 80Gbs
(darkfibers)
• 29 DWDM 10Gbs
lambda’s (darkfiber
local loops)
• 14 managed
darkfibers
LEANet WAN Research Network
Birmingham
Norwic
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IC
C
Microsoft
Hyatt
Hotel
Cambridge Uni
Cambridge
Science Park
CAMBRIDGE
HIGH TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR
IPSWICH
Colchester
US,
AT&T
Essex
Uni
BT Tower
BT Centre
UCL
Adastral
Park
NIC
Angel Centre
Global Switch
Europe &
Farland Network
Market developments
Commercial vs. Research
• QoS
• Bandwidth
• Price
• Availability
• Services
Building blocks
• IPv6
• Managed wavelengths
• Optical CPE
• Global GRID
Other developments
• Business model for research infrastructure, product
development and early adopter phases.
• Merging the wider research community with commercial
production research networks
• Building high-capacity, scalable data centric networks that
are low cost…
– Simplifying the network architecture
– Lowering equipment costs
– Lowering operational costs
…and flexible to offer new service opportunities
IP-Optical Internetworking
The simplification of Data Networking
NEW
OLD
IP
OPTICAL
INTERNETWORKING
ATM
SONET/SDH
IP
SONET/SDH
High-Speed Optical Network
IP++
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IP++
All Optical
Networking
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Summary
• NGI / Global GRID is an emerging market of commercial
significance and is still in early definition and research
stages.
• Operators should be able to make a profit to create a
stable industry.
• Research community can benefit from Optical IP
Networking by partnering with operators and vise versa.
“Telegraph charged for WORDS,
Voice charges by the MINUTE,
Data charges for BITS,
Global GRID will charge for CYCLES”.
Discussion?