France Telecom has signed up the first three commercial clients for an international IPv6 transit service for international carriers and ISPs. France Telecom has developed native IPv6 transit on its international Tier-1 IP backbone at speeds of up to 155 Mbps. Its offering is accessible from nine PoPs on three continents, with 40 peering agreements. The service provides a single interface for both IPv6 and IPv4 traffic. The first IPv6 customers include Belnet and Renater, and Probe Networks.
Probe Networks is a Germany-based ISP providing hosting, collocation and IP transit services in Germany, Holland and the US. Their one-year international IP transit deal with France Telecom includes a 20 Mbps IPv6 access link, which will allow the company to meet the evolving needs of its customers by enabling services such as Internet relay chat.
Belnet and Renater manage the national research and education networks in Belgium and France respectively. Belnet, a customer acquired through France Telecom’s wholesale distribution partner, Mobistar, has renewed a 1-year contract which includes IPv6 capacity of up to 155 Mbps dual stacks.
As part of a broader contract for international IP transit with Renater, France Telecom has put in place a 155 Mbps IPv6 access link; this complements the IPv4/IPv6 (dual-stack) capacity already available on Renater’s national network (currently 2.5 Gbps). http://www.francetelecom.com
