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Partner and participant in Global R&E networking NREN ME-SIG meeting Abu Dhabi April 6th 2009 Yves Poppe ©2008 Tata Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved Member of the Tata Group 125-year old largest private sector group $62.5 billion in revenues Acquired VSNL in February 2002 § 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) Cofounder and major shareholder in Neotel South Africa GROUP COMPANIES • Annual Spend ~ USD 85 Mn: 66% Equity of Tata Sons in Public Trusts Social Welfare Expenditure Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust budgeted before preparation of P&L account ACTIVITIES Indian Institute of Science, • Endowments for Creation of National Institutions: • Commitment to adjacent Bangalore communities incorporated in (1911) Indian Institute of Science company Articles of (1936) Tata Institute of Social Sciences Association (1941) Tata Memorial Hospital • Active volunteering (1945) Tata Institute of Fundamental programme: over 10,000 Research volunteers (1966) National Centre for the Performing Tata Institute of Fundamental • Company Examples: Research, Mumbai Arts • Development assistance in water harvesting, medical • Tata Steel: HIV / AIDS Programme - research, microfinance, bio-diversity Global Business Council Foreign scholarships - science & engineering Tata• Council for Community Initiatives winner Facilitating Role for companies’CSR activities • Triple Bottom-line Global Reporting Initiative • Tata Consultancy: • UN Global Compact Adult Literacy Programme National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai • Tata Index for Sustainable Development § 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 India Knowledge Grid §ERNET, India’s R&E network connects around 1500 institutions §GARUDA project connects 45 institutions at 100mbps UNIVERSITY R&D COLLEGES Institutions IISC/ IIT’s/ MHRD KNOWLEDGE NIT GRID STATE AICTE EDUCATION Depts. UGC NCERT Historical Telecommunications Provider to R&E Community 1995: Teleglobe provides first NGI connection for the Brussels G7 Summit: 155mb Teleglobe provides the capacity to Canarie and co-represents Canada in the GIBN (Global Inter- operability of Broadband Networks) As a member of Canarie Technical Advisory council, Teleglobe encourages creation of Starlight in Chicago. 2001: Teleglobe sets up the first trans-oceanic lambda linking SURFnet to Starlight (2.5 gbps) 1st lambdagrid workshop in Amsterdam 2002: iGrid2002 Amsterdam, Tyco provides 10gig connection between Netherlight and Abilene in NY through the IEEAF Foundation. 2003: creation of GLIF at the 3rd lambdagrid workshop in Reykjavik. Tyco provides the Pacific and Atlantic connectivity for Gloriad. Teleglobe had provided the predecessor project Naukanet. 2005: VSNL acquires Tyco Global Network 2005: Gloriad expands with a Tyco/VSNL 10 Gbps link between Korea and US 2006: VSNL acquires Teleglobe 2006: VSNL provides short term STM4 to support CHEP06 event in India 2007: VSNL provides multiple 10G to CERN 2008: Tata Communications providing > 10 x 10G in Atlantic and Pacific routes and access to the commercial internet for various R&E initiatives and groups. Amsterdam, early lambda capital First lambda workshop, Amsterdam Sept 2001 iGrid2002 focuses lambdas on Amsterdam 10 Gbit/s Tyco NewNew YorkYork 2.5 Gbit/s AmsterdamAmsterdam DwingelooDwingeloo 10 Gbit/s ASTRON/ NetherLightNetherLight DWDM ASTRON/ Level3 JIVE CAnet 2.5 Gbit/s SURFnet JIVE ChicagoChicago SURFnet 2.5 Gbit/s StarLightStarLight SURFnet 2.5 Gbit/s CERNCERN CERN 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 Tata contribution to GLIF – Atlantic Tata TataL GTS GTS Tata GTS Tata GTS Tata GTS Source: http://www.glif.is/ Tata contribution to GLIF - Pacific Tata GTS Tata Tata GTS GTS Tata GTS Source: http://www.glif.is/ Spring 2009: Amsterdam remains the R&E lambda capital Canadian R&E networking: Canet* 4 Is more a hybrid infrastructure than a network § 72 lambda 10G multi-degree ROADM over CANARIE fibre § Chicago-Windsor/Detroit-Toronto-Ottawa-Montréal-Boston-NYC (2700 km) § Seattle-Victoria-Vancouver-Kamloops-Calgary (1500km) § OC-192 wavelengths from carriers (5 currently), SONET line-terminated on CANARIE equipment § Will be upgraded to 72 lambda 40G ROADM under Canet*5 designed to support many independent IP networks, including testbeds § enables Users to custom build a network to their needs and constraints Connects the regional and provincial R&E networks and Government Research Institutes Some current examples of major e-Research Projects ALMA LHC Sloan Digital Sky Survey ATLAS Vision for Gulf R&E Networking connectivity to the World §Lambda level connectivity between the Gulf countries R&E networks §Lambda level connectivity to GLIF via Amsterdam Netherlight §Lambda level connectivity to India and Singapore §Lambda level connectivity to North America Current Cable Connectivity in the Gulf Kuwait-Iran Qatar-UAE TW-1 Pakistan-UAE FOG FLAG, SMW3 and SMW4 FLAG Falcon have Fujairah landings Maps: Telegeography Circling the world on Tata Communication owned Submarine Cable TGN Eurasia Intra-Europe Trans-Pacific • London Trans-Pacific • New York • Frankfurt • San Francisco • Tokyo • Hong Kong Trans-Atlantic • Mumbai SMW 3 & 4; FEA TGN Intra-Asia • Singapore TIC, i2i & SMW 4 New Cables SAT3 & SAFE Capacity Purchase Cable Name Connecting Ownership Cable Name Connecting Ownership TGN-Intra Asia Singapore Hong Majority Owner IMEWE India, Middle East, Consortium Member Kong, Japan, Egypt, Italy, France Vietnam, Philippines SEACOM India, Egypt, South Initial Capacity TGN-Eurasia India to France via Majority Owner Africa Owner Egypt India IPL | SEA-ME-WE-4 (SMW-4) § Consortium Cable § VSNL is Network Administrator § Protection on SMW3 § Auto-protection currently § Ring-Protected Backhaul in Marseilles and Palermo § Leading SLAs for Service Availability § Linked Directly to VSNL’s Redundant NLD Network in India § Full Range of Service Offerings including: § E-1, DS-3, STM-1, and STM-4 (ICB) City-to-City Connectivity: • Mumbai to Europe • Mumbai to Singapore Onward Connectivity via: • India Domestic NLD • VSNL European network • TGN-A • C2C and EAC out of Singapore I-ME-WE SEACom Cable System First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe § Length: 13,000km Cable § Locations: § South Africa (Mtunzini) § Mozambique (Maputo) § Madagascar (Toliary), § Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) § Kenya (Mombasa) § India (Mumbai) § Djibouti (Djibouti) § France (Marseille) § Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps § City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications Networks in Europe, India, & USA § Full Range of Service Offerings including: § E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64 § Lease and IRU Contracts available § Expected RFS: 2H2009 The Gulf Cable Project Trans-Atlantic Kuwait KSA Bahrain Qatar Trans-Pacific UAE Tata Oman Mumbai Global Network for discussion purposes only TGN - Europe § European Ring § City-to-City Connectivity to: § London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt § Lisbon, Madrid, Marseille § Full Range of Service Offerings including: § DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64 § Wavelength Services § Fiber Pairs § Ethernet Services § New Connection to Marseille Landings § Provides access from Marseille to USA not touching London or Paris. TGN - Atlantic Connectivity across the Atlantic from Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India • Full range of Service Offerings including: _ DS3, STM1 through STM-64 _ Wavelength Services _ Fiber Pairs _ Ethernet Services • Lease and IRU Contracts available • Ability to connect from Marseille to USA, avoiding NYC and London • USA presence in 32 A of A, 60 Hudson, 111 8th, 165 Halsey, and Ashburn Trans-America Connections Connectivity from the Atlantic and Pacific Systems to all major business centers in USA and Canada §Full Range of Services including: § E-1 through STM-64 § Unprotected and Protected Services § Wavelengths Services § Ethernet Services §Lease & IRUs available Diverse Connectivity to and from India Comprehensive Cable Redundancy into India NLD Backbone §40,000 Route Km covering 300 major cities SMW4 §Pan India Coverage • Network Administrator §Mesh Architecture for resilience MAN Network SMW3 & SAFE §Fiber in 32+ cities WIMAX Network • Landing Party in India §Deployed in 110+ towns Tata Indicom Cable New cables in 2009 and 2010 • TGN-EurAsia: RFS 2H2009 • 100% TCL Owned and Operated • IMEWE: RFS 1Q2010 • SEACom: RFS 2H2009 Tata Indicom Cable (TIC) and TGN-EurAsia (TGN-EA) Owned and operated cable systems East and West from India §City to City Connectivity to all India locations and major business centers globally. §Full Range of Services including: § Sub-rate through STM-64 §TGN-EA and TIC are High § Unprotected and Protected and Capacity Systems connecting India Restored Services to Europe and Asia Pac. § Wavelengths Services §Direct Links to TCL’s India Network § Ethernet Services §Deep Shore Burial §Lease & IRU contracts available §Redundancy East and West from India TGN - Pacific Connectivity across the Pacific between the USA, Japan, and the Asia Pacific Physical Hillsborough Nedona Emi GT2
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