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Connecting emergent R& E networks and applications

at lambda speeds

Terena Conference

Malaga, June 11th 2009

Yves Poppe

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

• Annual Spend ~ USD 85 Mn:

Social Welfare Expenditure

budgeted before preparation of

P&L account

• Commitment to adjacent

communities incorporated in

company Articles of

Association

• Active volunteering

programme: over 10,000

volunteers

• Company Examples:

• Tata Steel: HIV / AIDS

Programme -

Global Business Council

winner

• Tata Consultancy:

Adult Literacy Programme

66% Equity of Tata Sons in Public Trusts

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust

ACTIVITIES

• Endowments for Creation of National Institutions:

(1911) Indian Institute of Science

(1936) Tata Institute of Social Sciences

(1941) Tata Memorial Hospital

(1945) Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research

(1966) National Centre for the

Performing Arts

• Development assistance in water harvesting,

medical research, microfinance, bio-diversity

• Foreign scholarships - science & engineering

COMPANIES

Tata Council for Community Initiatives Facilitating Role for companies’ CSR activities• Triple Bottom-line Global Reporting Initiative • UN Global Compact • Tata Index for Sustainable Development

GROUP

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

 

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

R&DInstitutions

UNIVERSITY

COLLEGES

IISC/IIT’s/NITMHRDMHRD

STATEEDUCATION

Depts.

NCERTUGC

AICTE

KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGEGRIDGRID

India and radio astronomy

The NCRA (National Centre for Radio Astronomy is part of TIFR and operates the GMRT (Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope) located 80 km from Pune. Intercontinental lambdas are needed for vLBI

http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/

India and High Energy Physics: Department of HEP at TIFR

•Belle Experiment at KEK, Japan

•The CMS Experiment at CERN

•D0 experiment at Fermilab

•Grapes Experiment, Ooty, India

•High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory,Panchmari and Hanley(Ladak),India

•India Neutrino Onservatory(INO)

Some of their projects : high speed communications are essential

http://www.tifr.res.in/~dhep/

Global education partnerships need global high speed communications:

http://www.qf.org.qa/output/Page17.asp

•Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

•Texas A&M University at Qatar

•Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

•Carnegie Mellon University In Qatar

•Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

•Northwestern University in Qatar

Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:

http://www.qf.org.qa/output/page823.asp

QSTP‘ was officially inaugurated in march 2009. Companies such as ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total are establishing research and training centers that add value to Qatar's hydrocarbons sector; local software company iHorizons joins Microsoft and Cisco in developing new IT applications; EADS and GE are at the forefront of industrial technologies etc.

Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:

•Cornell University

•The University of Oxford

•Stanford University

•Texas A&M University

•King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

•National Taiwan University

•Utrecht University

http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/centers-and-cid.aspx

Square Kilometer Array in South Africa or in Australia?

Whoever gets it gigabit level connectivity will be needed. Involves 55 institutes in 19 countries

http://www.ska.ac.za/ska2009/presentations.shtml

Site selection: 2011-2012

2013-2018: phase one implementation

The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP

Meerkat is located in a remote part of Northern Cape Province

10gig connectivity to the Cape Town control centre on Infraco Broadband infrastructure provided through SANREN (oct 2009). 1 gigabit via TENET to Europe to start.

The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP

ASKAP is located in the outbacks of Western Australia. Construction will start late 2009.

DWDM fiber connectivity under study by AARnet. 39Gbps is required by 2013. 4Tbps in 2016 if Australia selected as SKA site..

Historical Telecommunications Provider to R&E Community

1995: Teleglobe provides first NGI connection for the Brussels G7 Summit: 155mbTeleglobe 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 Amsterdam2002: 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 Teleglobe2006: VSNL provides short term STM4 to support CHEP06 event in India2007: VSNL provides multiple 10G to CERN2008: Tata Communications providing > 10 x 10G in Atlantic and Pacific routes and access to the

commercial internet for various R&E initiatives and groups.

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 Communications contribution to GLIF – Atlantic

Tata

GTS

Tata

GTS

Tata GTS

Tata GTS

TataL

GTS

Source: http://www.glif.is/

Tata Communications contribution to GLIF - Pacific

Source: http://www.glif.is/

Tata GTS

Tata

GTS

Tata

GTS

Tata

GTS

Spring 2009: Amsterdam remains the R&E lambda capital

SEA-ME-WE-4 (SMW-4) Consortium Cable

Tata Comm 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• Tata Comm European network• TGN-A• C2C and EAC out of Singapore

I-ME-WE

TGN – Eurasia Tata Communications joint build with SEACom & Telecom Egypt, providing an owned express route from Europe to India

• Fibre Length ~ 9,240km

• 2 fiber pairs

• Day One Capacity:

_ 160 Gbps

• Design Capacity:

_ 1.28Tbps

• Design Life ~ 25 years

• Protected transit through Egypt

• Landing Locations:

_ Mumbai – VSB

_ Egypt – transit

_ Marseille – Net Centre

• City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India

• Full Range of Service Offerings including

_ E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64

_ Protected and Unprotected

_ Wavelength Services

_ Ethernet Services

• Backhaul is included from Marseille

• Expected RFS: October 2009

South Asia - Gulf States/Middle-East- Europe Network Diversity

In addition to FLAG, SMW-3 and SMW4, the upcoming IMEWE, TGN-EA, Orascom MENA and EIG will provide the region vastly increased South Asia – Middle East – Europe capacity and diversity and help circle the African continent

The Gulf Cable Project

Trans-Atlantic

Trans-Pacific

for discussion purposes only

Kuwait

KSA

Bahrain

Qatar

UAE

Oman Mumbai

TataGlobal

Network

SEACom Cable System

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

First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe

And on the African West Coast : WACS is going forward

The 14,000km submarine cable will run from Cape Town to the UK with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and Portugal. The WACS consortium comprises eleven companies that signed the WACS Construction and Maintenance Agreement: Angola Telecom, UK-based Cable & Wireless, Portugal Telecom, SOTELCO (Congo), Telecom Namibia, Togo Telecom, India's Tata Communications and four South African firms - Broadband Infraco, Telkom SA, MTN and Vodacom.

3.84Tb design capacity, RFS 2011

US$600 million investment

April 2009: contract awarded to Alcatel

Global investments in subsea cables 2006-2008

Source: Terabit Consulting Africa could go from 2% to 20% of investments during next 4 years.

Other West African projects: MainOne, Glo-1, ACE

Main One: Nigerian initiative RFS end 2010 1.2Tb design capacity

Glo-1: Lagos –London expansion

ACE: France Telecom initiative RFS 2011

Situation in 2011 if all these projects materialize….

Annex

Quick tour around the Globe on the Tata Communications

cable system

Circling the world on Tata Communication owned Submarine Cable

• Frankfurt

• Hong Kong• Mumbai

• San Francisco

• New York

• Tokyo

• London Trans-Pacific

TGN Intra-Asia

TIC, i2i & SMW 4

SMW 3 & 4; FEA

SAT3 & SAFE

Intra-Europe

Trans-Atlantic

Trans-Pacific

• Singapore

TGN Eurasia

Cable Name Connecting Ownership

TGN-Intra Asia Singapore Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines

Majority Owner

TGN-Eurasia India to France via Egypt

Majority Owner

Cable Name Connecting Ownership

IMEWE India, Middle East, Egypt, Italy, France

Consortium Member

SEACOM India, Egypt, South Africa

Initial Capacity Owner

New Cables Capacity Purchase

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.

Quick tour around the

TGN - Atlantic

• 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

TGN - Trans-America

Full Range of Services including:

E-1 through STM-64

Unprotected and Protected Services

Wavelengths Services

Ethernet Services

Lease & IRUs available

Hillsboro

Los Angeles

Seattle

Portland

Tokyo, Emi & Maruyama

Toyohashi

Guam

Chikura

Santa Clara

ToNew York

To APCN-2 & TGN-IA

TGN - Pacific

• City-to-City Connectivity in Japan and USA

• Full Range of Service Offerings including

_ E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64

_ Protected and Unprotected

_ Wavelength Services

_ Fiber Pairs

_ Ethernet Services

• Lease & IRU Contracts available

• Backhaul available from Chikura (APCN-2) and connectivity from APCN-2 onto TGN-P

Logical Hillsborough

Los Angeles

Shinagawa

Los Angeles

Nedona

Hillsborough

Emi

Toyohashi

Shinagawa

Physical

GT2

Down to Australia : participation in PIPE Cable System

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• 2 fibre pair system

• Support 96x10G waves per fiber pair

• Total of 1.92 Terabits of capacity

• City-to-City Connectivity to:

_ Sydney

_ Guam

_ Japan

_ USA, India, Asia Pac, Europe

• Full range of Service Offerings including:

_ E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-16

_ Unprotected Services

_ Ethernet Services

• Lease and IRU Contracts available

• Expected RFS: July 2009

TGN - Intra East Asia

Length: 6,800 km# of Fiber Pairs: 4Initial Capacity: 320GbpsDesign Capacity: 3.84TbpsSpeeds available: STM-1/4/16 & 10GDay One Landing Points:

Singapore Tokyo Guam Philippines Hong Kong Vietnam

Expected Latencies SNG– JP = 63msec RTD SNG – HK = 33msec RTD HK – JP = 45msec RTD SNG – Vietnam CLS= 16.5msec RTD Vietnam CLS – Philippines CLS = 24msec RTD Philippines CLS – Japan = 33msec RTD

Expected Ready For Service: 3Q2008

TGN - Tata Indicom Cable (TIC) and TGN-EurAsia (TGN-EA)

City to City Connectivity to all India locations and major business centers globally.

Full Range of Services including:

Sub-rate through STM-64

Unprotected and Protected and Restored Services

Wavelengths Services

Ethernet Services

Lease & IRU contracts available

TGN-EA and TIC are High Capacity Systems connecting India to Europe and Asia Pac.

Direct Links to TCL’s India Network

Deep Shore Burial

Redundancy East and West from India

• 40,000 km transmission network

• 170 points of presence across India

• Covering 300 cities and towns

• High service uptimes through diverse fiber routes and state of the art Ciena core director network

• Dual Pop architecture in 4 metros

• Cost effective DWDM network

• Aggressive expansion across India

• Creation of express network connecting major metros

Tata Communications National India Network

TGN - East and West Connectivity to and from India

New cables in 2009 and 2010• TGN-EurAsia: RFS 2H2009• IMEWE: RFS 1Q2010• SEACom: RFS 2H2009

Tata Indicom Cable

• 100% TCL Owned and Operated

SMW4

• Network Administrator

SMW3 & SAFE

• Landing Party in India

NLD Backbone40,000 Route Km covering 300 major citiesPan India CoverageMesh Architecture for resilienceMAN NetworkFiber in 32+ citiesWIMAX NetworkDeployed in 110+ towns

TGN - down to South Africa : SEACom Cable System

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

First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe

TGN : Westward back to Europe: I-ME-WE

TGN – Eurasia Tata Communications joint build with SEACom & Telecom Egypt, providing an owned express route from Europe to India

• Fibre Length ~ 9,240km

• 2 fiber pairs

• Day One Capacity:

_ 160 Gbps

• Design Capacity:

_ 1.28Tbps

• Design Life ~ 25 years

• Protected transit through Egypt

• Landing Locations:

_ Mumbai – VSB

_ Egypt – transit

_ Marseille – Net Centre

• City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India

• Full Range of Service Offerings including

_ E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64

_ Protected and Unprotected

_ Wavelength Services

_ Ethernet Services

• Backhaul is included from Marseille

• Expected RFS: October 2009

43BUSINESS

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