NORDUnet recently announced that it has selected Tinet’s IP-Flow IP Transit service in Copenhagen for high-speed IP transit service. With the help of this multi-year deal, NORDUnet expects to gain additional capacity for its Nordic research and educational networks interconnecting the regional and global networks. NORDUnet is a joint collaboration by the five Nordic National Research and Education Networks -- Forskningsnettet network in Denmark, the Funet network in Finland, the RHnet network in Iceland, the Uninett network in Norway and the SUNET network in Sweden.

The company offers high-speed Internet access and high bandwidth connectivity, and its IPv4 and IPv6 production networks interconnect the Nordic research community to the rest of the world.

“Maintaining an innovative role in global communications is important to NORDUnet as we strive to collaborate with the world’s research and economic communities,” said Jørgen Qvist, chief network operating officer at NORDUnet.

Qvist said that the company chose to deploy Tinet’s IP Transit service to further deliver highly available network services, supporting its global efforts.

Company officials said that the service delivers both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to NORDUnet. Tinet said that the selection of its service will enable it to continue its strong presence in the Research and Education vertical as well as in the Nordic Region.

“We see the ability to serve the NORDUnet research network as another testament of our strategy of exclusively delivering high-capacity IP and Ethernet services over an ever expanding geographic reach that reflects the fast changing Internet footprint,” said Paolo Gambini, chief marketing officer at Tinet.

Gambini said that the company expects to further enhance NORDUnet’s robust connectivity with Tinet’s highly available and scalable IP services.

Tinet provides global IP Transit and Ethernet connectivity to carriers, service and content providers worldwide. Last month, the company selectedMarkley Group’s flagship data center facility at One Summer Street in Boston as its latest network expansion location.

Anshu Shrivastava