The Internet Society joins forces with Alcatel-Lucent to support the development of Thailand’s Internet Infrastructure
October 27 2014 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Powering new state-of-the-art Internet Exchange
Point in Bangkok, Thailand
The Internet Society has signed a memorandum of understanding
with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to provide
equipment to support the development of the Bangkok Internet
Exchange Point (BKNIX) through the Internet Society’s
Interconnection and Traffic Exchange (ITE) Program. The BKNIX,
which will be operational in December 2014, is expected to
dramatically increase Internet capacity, encourage greater
efficiency in local Internet traffic routing, create a more robust
Internet infrastructure, and improve quality of service for the
Southeast Asia region.
The new Bangkok Internet Exchange Point will drive significant
social and economic value to Southeast Asia by providing a neutral
community IXP, powered by Alcatel-Lucent’s state-of-the art 7750
Service Router (SR). Leveraging the Alcatel-Lucent 400 Gb/s FP3
silicon technology, the 7750 SR delivers exceptional performance
and scale for a wide range of IP services, with service
intelligence to further drive operational efficiency. Internet
service providers (ISPs) and content providers will be able to
diversify local and regional peering and data exchange by offering
services through BKNIX, allowing wider access and more services to
the general public.
“The Asia-Pacific is the world's largest Internet market, and
Southeast Asia in particular is a rapidly emerging sub-region that
includes some of the largest users of social media in the world,”
said Rajnesh Singh, head of the Internet Society’s Asia-Pacific
Bureau. “The establishment of a neutral IXP in Bangkok will do much
to improve inter-connectivity within Thailand as well as in the
region, as the Internet is critical to all sectors of the economy.
This is all the more timely as we approach 2015 and the start of
ASEAN integration, as Thailand is a key economy in the region, and
a key player in ASEAN.”
“Internet exchanges are a growing market for core routing, and
with Internet capacity continuing to expand, their role becomes
even more crucial,” said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s
IP Routing & Transport business line. “Thailand has a
tremendous potential market for ultra-broadband Internet
connections, but its growth would be improved by stronger network
infrastructure. Our solution addresses that problem by providing
very high performance and high capacity routing platforms which can
meet today’s demand and scale to meet growth demands for the coming
years. We are very pleased to join forces with the Internet
Society, which works diligently to foster a sustainable worldwide
Internet infrastructure, on this very worthwhile initiative.”
Kanchana Kanchanasut, Internet Hall of Fame inductee
and Vice-President of the Thai Network Information Center
Foundation, noted, “In recent years we have witnessed dramatic
growth of the Thai Internet community with increasing domestic
content and local traffic. Instead of today’s existing peering
arrangements among ISPs, our BKNIX's neutral IX service will
provide economical direct interconnections among them. This
relationship will be more sustainable in handling the vast traffic
growth in the foreseeable future as content becomes the key driver
of the technology. The contribution by Alcatel-Lucent and the
Internet Society will enable the Thai Internet pioneering group to
embark upon the next phase of the Internet development in Thailand.
This IXP endeavor will not only benefit Bangkok but our experience
and lessons will be shared throughout Thailand and neighboring
countries in the Mekong sub-region.”
For more than 20 years, the Internet Society has been working
with countries and Internet community partners to facilitate core
network development, interconnection, and Internet traffic
exchange, as well as assisting with training individuals to build
and maintain the Internet infrastructure in their region. The ITE
program includes a broad range of initiatives to foster a robust,
efficient, and cost-effective interconnection and traffic exchange
landscape in developing regions of the world. The presence of
reliable and sustainable Internet infrastructure not only
dramatically enriches a country’s Internet ecosystem, but also
helps drive economic development.
About the Internet Society
The Internet Society (www.internetsociety.org) is the trusted
independent source for Internet information and thought leadership
around the world. It is also the organizational home for the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). With its principled vision,
substantial technological foundation and its global presence, the
Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy,
technology, and future development among users, companies,
governments, and other organizations.
Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the
Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the
Internet for everyone. The Internet Society has five regional
bureaus, which include the Asia-Pacific Bureau (APAC Bureau).
Covering the world’s largest Internet market of approximately 1.2
billion Internet users, the APAC Bureau has 19 Chapters and 30% of
the Internet Society’s individual membership.
To help foster Internet development, the Internet Society has
facilitated technical training around the world since the early
1990s. Some of the first Internet connections in a number of
countries in Asia-Pacific resulted from those efforts through
training programs and core capacity building, where local people
were trained to maintain and sustain these infrastructures. The
APAC Bureau is actively involved in regional and grassroots
initiatives to build functioning expert groups, expand connectivity
to underserved areas, create locally relevant content, and,
overall, foster an environment that is conducive for
Internet-enabled communities to thrive and support their own
socioeconomic development.
About Alcatel-Lucent (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
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and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of the Group and one
of the world’s foremost technology research institutes, responsible
for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and
communications industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group
being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator,
as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012’s
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communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group’s mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
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