The Internet Society has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcatel-Lucent to provide equipment to support the development of the Bangkok Internet Exchange Point (BKNIX) through the Internet Society's Interconnection and Traffic Exchange (ITE) Program. The BKNIX is expected to dramatically increase Internet capacity, encourage greater efficiency in local Internet traffic routing, create a more robust Internet infrastructure, and improve quality of service for the Southeast Asia region.  It is also expected to drive significant social and economic value to Southeast Asia by providing a neutral community IXP, powered by Alcatel-Lucent's state-of-the art Service Router (SR) portfolio.

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