Saturday, March 14, 2009

TEIN : TEIN1, TEIN2 & TEIN3

The first TEIN (TEIN1) linked Korea and France (2 Mbps) in 2001.

TEIN2 network started Jan 2006, connected:
  • 30M researchers and students
  • 4000 institutions
  • 10 countries
TEIN2:

  • Intra-Asia regional network
  • Asia-Europe inter-regional links
  • PoPs in Singapore, HK Beijing + Tokyo
  • NOC in HK
  • 10M Euro European Commission funding + funding by Asian partner countries
  • Funded to Sept 2008, then --> TEIN3
  • TEIN2 programme: build and operate regional network, promote network usage, train technical staff in developing countries, Reduce digital divide
  • TEIN2 Partner - Asia Pacific : Australia (AARNet), China (CERNET), Indonesia (ITB), Japan (MAFFIN, NICT, NII), Korea (NIA), Lao (LERNET), Malaysia (MDC), Philippines (ASTI), Singapore (SingAREN), Thailand (ThaiREN), Vietnam (MOST)
  • TEIN2 Partner - Europe : France (RENATER), Netherlands (SURFnet), UK (UKERNA), DANTE
  • TEIN2 Partner - Other : TRANSPAC2, Juniper Networks
TEIN3 Project :
  • EC funding committed to end 2011
  • Extend to South Asia
  • Further support for application development
  • Transfer TEIN3 programme to Asian ownership
  • Plan for ‘TEIN4’

TEIN1 Network

TEIN2 Network
Credits : West/Dante

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