National Information Network

National Information Network (NIN) (Persian: شبکه ملی اطلاعات) also known as National Internet and Iranian intranet is an ongoing project to develop a secure and stable infrastructure network in Iran.

National Information Network of Iran
Native name
شبکه ملی اطلاعات
FormerlyNational internet
TypeNational intranet, Government project
IndustryComputer network
Founded1395 (2016)[1]
Area served
Islamic Republic of Iran
Key people
Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, Abolhassan Firouzabadi,[2][3] Rasoul Saraian[4]
OwnerGovernment of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websiterrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=22455
Primary ASNAS12880
AS197207
AS44244
Traffic Levels18000 Gbit/s[5]

The Supreme Council of Cyberspace of Iran defines National Information Network as "a Network based on the Internet Protocol with switches and routers and data centers which allows for data requests to avoid being routed outside of the country and provides secure and private intranet networks."[6]

The idea of a national intranet was developed in Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in 2005 and project was started in 2013.[7][8][9]

Based on Fifth Economic Development Plan of Iran, The National Information Network with a bandwidth currently standing at 4,000 gigabytes per second, will allow access to e-government services, digital services inside the country, affordable access to high-speed communications, as well as access to domestic content and services across the country.[10] The project consists of three phases and will include formation of an economy of datacenters, as well as increase of the quality of infrastructure services for businesses.[10]

Iranian government has allocated about $200 million for development of NIN infrastructures alongside NIN e-content.[11] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani signed an engineering program in September 2020.[12] According to the Iranian government, one of NIN main missions is breaking the monopoly of Internet.[13]

Equipment hardware

Cisco Systems routers and switches were deprecated because of the program.[14]

Deployment
Twitter censorship

The National Information Network's two main parts are:

  • Public part for delivering NIN services to public and business users
  • Private part for delivering NIN services to governmental users.

IR-NIN applications & services include:

Private part

  • Government-cloud services provide e-government technical requirements
  • IR-GSB (Government Service Bus Services) to exchange information

Public part

  • Cloud computing services for general and commercial purpose
  • Public services such as e-mail and search engine[15]

Through their phone numbers and social ID number, everyone is identified before getting access to Internet.[16]

Iranian government fully employed the NIN between 15 and 27 November 2019,[17] which is part of the 2019 Internet blackout in Iran.

Corporations are required to use only Iranian data centers and register their IP address.[18]

NIN can be used similar to the Great Firewall.[19]

In 2019, Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani in Tehran Friday prayer declared that Telegram is haram and requested National Information Network deployment like the Great Firewall of China.[20]

Components

[21]

Core network Mobile OS and smartphones to be developed and distributed by Ministry of ICT creating a cyberdefense center Internet
web browser search engine email messenger
data reliability business monitoring and report maps vpns management by Ministry of Intelligence

Creators and collaborators
  1. Telecommunication Infrastructure Company
  2. Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
  3. Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA)
  4. Islamic Development Organization
  5. Iran Telecommunication Industry Syndicate
  6. IRIB
  7. Supreme Councils
  8. Telecommunication Company of Iran
  9. Aparat
  10. Telewebion
  11. Shatel
  12. Pars Online
  13. Asiatech Co.
  14. Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran
  15. MTN Irancell
  16. RighTel
  17. Ministry of Education (Iran)
  18. Ministry of Science Research and Technology[22]


Further reading
  • ICT Infrastructure (National Information Network) in capable delivery of content in Iran and exemplary countries[23]

See also

References
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