Nokia deploys 400GE IP interconnection, peering solution for Budapest Internet Exchange
Ivo Lansky of Nokia
Budapest Internet Exchange (BIX) has deployed Nokia’s 7750 service router (SR) IP (internet protocol) edge routing platforms to modernise its network. Through this platform BIX will be able to offer high-speed, high-density interconnection and peering services to its Central European and Balkans-based members.
The Nokia SR platforms, with FP5 (fifth framework programme) silicon, provide BIX scalable capacity with performance, security, and lower energy consumption.
The FP5’s future-ready 800GE (gigabit ethernet) capability will support the upgrade from 400GE interfaces, enabling BIX to meet future needs sustainably and at lower cost. Nokia’s system design, combined with the service router operating system (SR OS), ensures improved network speed, flexible capability and reliability in the 7750 SR system for deterministic scaling of capacity, along with extending the life of the deployed systems.
Attila Miszori, president of the board, Council of Hungarian Internet Providers (owner and operator of BIX), says “Nokia and its IP solutions were the natural choice to help us modernise our spine router platform, enabling us to address the growing demand for capacity and provide an improved experience to our members in a very sustainable way. BIX members will benefit from significantly higher speed interconnection with low latency and high reliability at the main BIX locations.”
Ivo Lansky, senior director for IP business at Nokia, says “We are pleased that BIX has chosen Nokia’s IP routing technology to enhance their interconnection capabilities to support the needs of their service provider members in the region. Nokia’s FP5, a key part of BIX’s selection of Nokia, is not only an enabler for building higher-capacity IP networks, but its future-ready 800GE capability will also accelerate BIX’s ability to meet future traffic growth sustainably and at lower cost.”
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