Internet exchange giant NIC.br selects Nokia to boost internet connectivity in Brazil
September 30 2024 - 3:00AM
Press Release
Internet exchange giant NIC.br selects Nokia to boost internet
connectivity in Brazil
- Largest Internet Exchange Provider (IXP) in the world upgrading
network to manage skyrocketing internet and traffic growth over
next five years
- NIC.br to scale network capacity, improve resiliency and
increase automation, resulting in more advanced services for
customers
- Nokia to deploy IP routing technology, designed to handle
world’s most demanding traffic environments, supporting Ethernet
VPN (EVPN) services and 400/800G interfaces
30 September 2024
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced it has been
selected by the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br), the
largest IXP operator in the world, to increase the performance and
reliability of Brazil’s internet infrastructure. Nokia’s
cutting-edge IP routing solutions will support NIC.br's mission of
interconnecting the Brazilian Internet ecosystem and enable its
expansion and reliability. The network upgrade comes as the country
faces massive internet data traffic growth that is expected to
reach 218.5 million users and over 50 terabits per second (Tb/s) in
the next five years.
NIC.br is responsible for, among several
initiatives, registering and maintaining .br domain, as well as
operating the Brazilian Internet Exchange (IX.br), which connects
more than 3,500 Autonomous Systems (AS) and facilitates data
traffic among internet service providers, content providers,
hosting services, hyperscalers and other network operators. With
Nokia's IP routing technology, NIC.br is able to scale up its
network capacity, improve its resiliency and availability, and
vastly improve automation, resulting in a better customer
experience.
NIC.br will replace part of its existing
technology with the Nokia 7250 Interconnect Router (IXR) and 7750
Service Router (SR) which support EVPN services and 400/800G
interfaces. Nokia is an industry leader in standardizing and
expanding the EVPN protocol. EVPN is a next-gen VPN solution that
provides a unified architecture, in both the control and data
planes, and supports a broad range of carrier and business VPN
services and network infrastructures. EVPN delivers a variety of
benefits to service providers and their customers, including
greater network efficiency, reliability, scalability, and
simplifies infrastructures with advanced automation.
Julio Sirota, IX.br Infrastructure
Manager at NIC.br, said: “Nokia is a trusted and strategic
partner for us, as they have proven their ability to deliver
state-of-the-art network solutions that match our needs and
expectations. By upgrading our network infrastructure with Nokia's
routing platforms, we will be able to provide faster and more
reliable internet connectivity for our customers and partners, as
well as foster the development of new applications and services
that will benefit the entire Brazilian society.”
Vach Kompella, Senior Vice President and
General Manager of IP Networks business at Nokia, said:
“Internet exchange giants like IX.br from NIC.br are on the front
lines for managing unrelenting internet and data traffic growth
spurred by hyperscalers, ISPs, content providers and network
operators. Keeping up with Brazil’s skyrocketing growth means
increases in network capacity, reliability, and automation are
critical to NIC.br’s network upgrade. Nokia’s routing solutions are
designed to handle the world’s most demanding traffic environments
and enable the delivery of high-quality services, like EVPN. We are
delighted to work with NIC.br to help them scale, connect and
empower the Brazilian internet ecosystem.”
Resources and additional informationWebpage:
Nokia 7250 Interconnect RouterWebpage: Nokia 7750 Service Router
Webpage: Nokia Ethernet VPN
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About the Brazilian Network Information Center –
NIC.br
The Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br
(https://nic.br/) is a non-profit entity that is in charge of the
operations related to the .br domain, as well as the allocation of
IP numbers and the registration of autonomous systems in the
country. NIC.br has been implementing decisions and projects of the
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br since 2005. All the
funds that are collected come from its entirely private activities.
It takes actions and conducts projects that are of benefit to the
infrastructure of the Internet in Brazil. Also part of NIC.br are:
Registro.br (https://registro.br), CERT.br (https://cert.br/),
Ceptro.br (https://ceptro.br/), Cetic.br (https://cetic.br/), IX.br
(https://ix.br/), and Ceweb.br (https://ceweb.br), in addition to
projects like Internetsegura.br (https://internetsegura.br) and the
portal Best Practices for the Internet in Brazil
(https://bcp.nic.br/). It also houses the office of the W3C Chapter
São Paulo (https://w3c.br/).
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