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.

Supreme Council of Cyberspace 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."[1]

The idea of a national intranet was developed in Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in 2005 and project was started in 2013.[2][3][4]

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.[5] 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.[5]

Iranian government has allocated about $200 million for development of NIN infrastructures alongside NIN e-content.[6]

Deployment

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[7]


Through their phone numbers and social ID number everyone is identified before getting access to internet.[8]

Iranian government fully employed National information network November 15 through 27 2019.[9]

Corporations are required to use only Iranian data centers and register their IP address.[10]

See also

References
  1. "http://www.rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=1640". www.rrk.ir. Retrieved 2017-07-08. External link in |title= (help)
  2. Jafari, Hamed (2016-08-29). "Iran Initiates the First Phase of the National Information Network". TechRasa. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. Tajdin, Behrang (2013-04-27). "Will Iran's national internet mean no world wide web?". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. "The National Information Network (National Internet) – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. "Iran launches National Information Network". Mehr News Agency. 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. "Cuts and Extensions in Iran's ICT 2017/18 Budget". Financial Tribune. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  7. "Iran National Information Network - ITU" (PDF).
  8. "کاربران ایرانی به زودی احراز هویت می‌شوند". ITIRAN | آی تی ایران (in Persian). 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  9. "Partial internet disruption registered in Iran". NetBlocks. 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  10. "The_National_Internet" (PDF).
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