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RNP Taps Nokia and Q13 to Modernize Brazil’s Rede Ipê Backbone

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Nokia announced on Oktubre 6, 2026 that Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) has selected Nokia and Q13 to modernize rede Ipê, Brazil’s research and education backbone network. In Nokia’s announcement, issued with a São Paulo, Brazil dateline and time-stamped 11:00 AM Europe/Amsterdam, the company identified RNP as Brazil’s national research and education network and the largest in Latin America. Nokia said the deployment will deliver 4.8 Tbps of aggregate capacity across more than 350 routers, creating a scalable IP backbone ready to evolve to 800G.

According to Nokia, the new secure, automated and high-performance IP network will connect more than four million users and will provide the foundation for AI-enabled research, scientific discovery and digital innovation across Brazil. The new architecture will help meet growing demand for data center connectivity, large-scale scientific collaboration, private wireless networks and AI-enabled applications. By connecting institutions, people, data and intelligence more securely and reliably, it will accelerate research in areas including health, climate science, biodiversity and engineering.

Nokia said the modernization will expand access to knowledge, strengthen digital inclusion and deepen Brazil’s participation in the global research community. RNP connects to more than 125 academic networks across over 100 countries spanning the Americas, Europe and Africa, the company said.

Ari Frazão, Adjunct Director of Engineering and Operations at RNP, described rede Ipê as “critical infrastructure for Brazil’s research and education communities,” and said that as demand for AI and advanced research grows, RNP needs a network that can scale with those requirements while connecting people, institutions and ideas across the country. Frazão said the modernization will help expand access to knowledge and provide a stronger digital foundation for Brazil’s future. He also said that, for the first time, RNP will have core, aggregation, peering and edge equipment from a single technology provider, enabling the organization to invest significantly in network automation.

Deployment Scope and Vendor Roles

Under the deployment outlined in the announcement, Nokia will provide core, aggregation, peering and universal provider edge capabilities using its 7750 Service Router and 7250 Interconnect Router platforms. Q13 will lead implementation and migration across the network. The announcement did not disclose financial terms or a deployment schedule.

Cássia Rinaldi, Lead for National Research and Education Networks, Latin America at Nokia, said AI is transforming how research is conducted and how scientific communities collaborate, placing new demands on the networks that connect them. She said Nokia, together with RNP and Q13, is building the secure, high-performance foundation needed to connect intelligence across Brazil’s research and education ecosystem, and that with the scale to support today’s applications and evolve to 800G, rede Ipê will help turn advances in AI and connectivity into new possibilities for discovery, innovation and society.

Elinton Lazzuri, Partner and Executive Director at Q13, said, “Modernizing a national backbone network of this scale demands rigorous planning and seamless execution.” Lazzuri said Q13 will work closely with RNP and Nokia to help ensure a smooth transition to a more resilient and future-ready rede Ipê for the communities that rely on it every day.

Existing Rede Ipê Network

Rede Ipê is the base infrastructure connecting more than 500 teaching and research institutions across Brazil, according to RNP’s official network page. RNP states that the network operates nationwide, is based on optical transmission technology and maintains connections with foreign academic networks, and the organization describes it as among the most advanced in the world. RNP says the network provides secure connectivity for collaboration and for the transmission of large volumes of data for education and research.

The network has 27 points of presence, one in each Brazilian federation unit, which RNP says serve as its support base for institutions across the country. RNP describes rede Ipê as the first internet network in Brazil, having evolved from 64 Kb/s connections over telephone lines to fiber-optic connections of more than 100 Gb/s.

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