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from GIBN to GLIF
from Teleglobe and Tyco
to Tata Communications
Partners in R&E
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Terena Conference
Bruges, Belgium, May 2008
Yves Poppe
Director Business Development
IP Services
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125-year old largest private sector group
$29 billion in revenues
Acquired VSNL in February 2002
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VSNL acquired Tyco in Nov 2004
VSNL acquired Teleglobe in Feb 2006
Teleglobe, Tyco, VSNL and VSNL
International become Tata
Communications on February 13th 2008
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
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Teleglobe and R&E: the early days
1993: Teleglobe- CRC MoU
 Teleglobe and the federally funded Communication Research Center sign MoU
 Cooperate on a number of intercontinental premieres including interactive HDTV
transmission, telemedicine, remote collaboration and advanced protocol testing such
as native IPv6.
 Teleglobe becomes member of CRC Board of Directors
1994: Teleglobe member of Canarie
 Canadian Network for Advanced Research for Industry and Education, Canadian
federal Government answer to the NSFnet
 Teleglobe provides some of the first international connectivity
 Teleglobe becomes member of the technical Advisory Board
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Teleglobe and R&E: the early days
July 1994: G7 meeting in Naples
 With the end of NSFnet and the nascent commercial internet President Clinton urges
the G7 nations to develop an international information infrastructure
 G7 decide on ministerial conference on Information Society in Brussels, hosted by the
European Union and combined with a major industry leaders meeting and technology
showcase
Feb 1995 Brussels meeting
 Teleglobe provides a transatlantic STM-1 (155mb) on the brand-new Cantat-3 cable
linking CRC and Canarie to Europe for the showcase; Deutsche Telekom connects the
European continental part through James, ancestor of Géant.
 11 pilot projects are identified including the Global Interoperability of Broadband
Networks (GIBN)
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GIBN
First GIBN meeting January 1996 in Paris
 At the initiative of the NSF and spearheaded by Steve Goldstein, the United States
proposes a number of high-performance computing and communications candidate
applications that would utilize intercontinental high-performance communications links.
 As part of the Canadian contribution Teleglobe donates the Cantat-3 STM-1 to Canarie
for a two year period and connects Japan with a 45mb satellite link. And participates
actively.
After a series of meetings, GIBN completes its mandate in 1998 with the creation of
STARTAP in Chicago and laying the foundation for STARLIGHT
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45 Mb/s (in trial)
155 Mb/s CT-3
Iceland PTT
ATM Network
KDD/NTT ATM R&D
Network
(JAPAN)
34Mb/s
Ibaraki, Japan
B-WIN
(DFN)
Lake Cowichan
Pennant Point
Vancouver.BC
45Mb/s
45Mb/s
155 Mb/s CT-3
Teleglobe
ATM Test
Network
34 Mb/s
Montreal
DT
ATM Network
45Mb/s
34Mb/s
CANARIE
CA-Net-2
Network
(CANADA)
45Mb/s
STARTAP
(Chicago)
Berkom
SWITCH
(Switzerland)
JAMES
34Mb/s
45Mb/s
Sprint
ATM Network
(US)
SuperJANET
ATM Network
(UK)
34Mb/s
34Mb/s
RENATER
ATM Network
(FRANCE)
SIRIUS
ATM Network
(ITALY)
45Mb/s
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MCI vBNS
Network
Nextgen R&E 1995-1998
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Toronto/Des Laurentides Node
Onet
Ontario
Lake Cowichan Node
CERNET
Univ. of Costa Rica
San Jose
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Beijing
MIMOS
Kuala Lumpur
RISQ
Quebec
Seoul National
Univ.
Seoul
MIRNet
Teleglobe
ATM
Ministry of Univ.
Affairs
Bangkok
Pennant Point Node
Palo Alto Node
Multicast Internet
eXchange
Palo Alto
Multicast Internet
eXchange
NASA Ames
vBNS
ESnet
NREN
Tokyo
Abilene
CANARIE
Montreal
Univ. of Kuwait
CA*Net
STAR TAP
NACSIS
Moscow
New York City
60 Hudson Node
R
NORDUnet
Stockholm
Multicast Internet
eXchange
Pennsauken
L
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SURFnet
Los Angeles Node
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Amsterdam
R
UKERNA
SingAREN
Singapore
MIMOS
Kuala Lumpur
London
R
KEY:
ATM Switch
Backbone Router
DANTE
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Internet
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Router
London
New York City
25 Broadway Node
R&E Connections 1998-2002
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Evolution of R&E market for IP transit
Strict AUP continues to segregate R&E and commodity internet traffic in
North-America, not so strict elsewhere
Pre 2000: internet content is US centric
 Major overseas R&E networks operate managed routers in North-America with the same
international circuits carrying segregated R&E and commodity internet
 The R&E sector becomes Teleglobe Center of Excellence
Post 2000 : internet goes global and becomes multipolar
 R&E networks increasingly connect locally to the public internet.
 Aggregation of transatlantic R&E capacity under Dante’s Géant
 The focus of R&E networking shifts to very high speed point to point connections and to
lambda switching
Tata Communications remains a major provider of IP transit to R&E but the
business model has evolved to reflect the growing role of gigabit speed
connectivity & lambdas
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Teleglobe and gigabit R&E connectivity
Teleglobe provides first transatlantic gigabit cct
 2001: 2.5 gig Surfnet to Chicago Starlight
Teleglobe and KDD : first transpacific STM-4’s
 2001: two Transpac STM-4’s
2002: first transatlantic 10gb
 Led by Surfnet to be ready for Amsterdam iGrid 2002
The big R&E scare of spring 2002:
 KPNQwest disappears, Teleglobe reorganizes
 Level 3 provides Surfnet a 10gig and Tyco one to Abilene and save the day and make a
success of iGrid 2002
Global Crossing, Level3 and Tyco become the major transcontinental lambda
providers to the R&E world.
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Amsterdam, early lambda capital
First lambda workshop, Amsterdam sept 2001
iGrid2002 focuses lambdas on Amsterdam
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Tyco and R&E: The early days
Tyco and subsea cables:
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1997: Tyco buys AT&T Submarine Systems
1999: Tyco buys Telefonica owned Temasa
June 2002: Tyco Atlantic cable
January 2003: Tyco Pacific cable
The IEEAF donations gave early visibility
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a transatlantic and a transpacific 10 gig donated to IEEAF (Internet Educational Equal
Access Foundation) for five years plus a lambda on the Tyco owned fiber pair in C2C in
exchange for favourable cable station lading terms with GEO.
Tyco becomes a major lambda provider together with Level3 and Global Crossing.
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Tata Communications and gigabit R&E connectivity
2002: iGrid2002 Amsterdam, Tyco provides a 10gig connection between Netherlight
and Abilene in NY. Level3 provides the second transatlantic link.
2002: IEEAF five year donations (10G and STM4 in Atlantic)
2003: Tyco provides the Pacific and Atlantic connectivity for «little Gloriad». Teleglobe
had provided the predecessor project Naukanet.
2004: 10gig to Surfnet, 2nd 10G Donation to IEEAF in Pacific
2005: Gloriad expands with a Tyco/VSNL 10 gbps link between Korea and the US and
2.5G between China and US. 2nd SURFnet 10G
2006: Tata provides STM4 for CHEP06 in Mumbai to TIFR location for 2 month demo
2007: Tata announces new cables to Singapore and India, hosts R&E forum at PTC 2008
to foster discussions around broader India R&E connectivity
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The GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)
 created at the third lambda workshop; Reykjavik aug 2003
 Major impetus from Canarie (Bill St.Arnaud) and Surfnet (Kees Neggers)
 Grew to include
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R&E lambda switching by late 2004
10 Gbit/s
2.5 Gbit/s
New York
MANLAN
2x10
Gbit/s
SURFnet
10 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
Tokyo
WIDE
IEEAF
10 Gbit/s
Seattle
Stockholm
NorthernLight
2x10
Gbit/s
SURFnet
Chicago
Sydney
AARnet
2.5 Gbit/s
Tokyo
APAN
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10 Gbit/s
Amsterdam
DWDM
SURFnet
NSF
10
Gbit/s
10
Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
NORDUnet
2.5 Gbit/s
IEEAF
10 Gbit/s
Los Angeles
10 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
London
UKLight
10
Gbit/s
SURFnet
10 Gbit/s
Geneva
CERN
Dwingeloo
ASTRON/JIVE
CESNET
10 Gbit/s
Prague
CzechLight
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Tata contribution to GLIF – Atlantic
TataL
GTS
Tata GTS
Tata
GTS
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GTS
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Source: http://www.glif.is/
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Tata contribution to GLIF - Pacific
TataL
GTS
TataL
GTS
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Source: http://www.glif.is/
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Spring 2008: Amsterdam is still the lambda capital
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Research and Development in the Tata Group
Tata and R&D
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 Founded in 1945 located in Mumbai
 Developed TIFRAC, the first Indian computer in 1956
 Obtained full university status in 2003
 Focus on mathematics and natural sciences
 very active in High Energy Physics and astronomy
 Connectivity with CERN
 e-VLBI connectivity for NCRA in Pune
TIFRAC-2
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India Knowledge Grid
ERNET, India’s R&E network
connects around 1500
institutions
GARUDA project connects 45
institutions at 100mbps
UNIVERSITY
R&D
Institutions
MHRD
COLLEGES
KNOWLEDGE
GRID
IISC/
IIT’s/
NIT
AICTE
STATE
EDUCATION
Depts.
UGC
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In conclusion
Tata Communications is a champion of R&E networking
 Reflects the Tata Group philosophy of sharing and distributing knowledge and closing the
digital divide.
 Provides the Research Groups of the various Tata Group companies access to and
participation in fundamental research databases, grid computing, remote collaboration and
experiments in their respective fields of activity.
 Provides steady revenue source and positions the company as a technology leader in the
global market place
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Thank You for your attention
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