National research and education network

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A national research and education network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country.

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It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.

In recent years, with the widespread availability of high-speed internet services, their importance has diminished, although many NRENs have expanded their remit of services to include areas such as trust and identity, security, automation, and cloud offerings, [1] while others have evolved into fully fledged digital transformation agencies for their respective national governments. [2]

List of NRENs by geographic area

East and Southern Africa

North Africa

West and Central Africa

Asia Pacific

North America

NameType
Internet2 national
National LambdaRail national [closed]
vBNS national [closed]
Edge state (New Jersey)
ESnet national
NEREN regional (New England)
CAAREN regional (Washington metropolitan area)
CENIC state (California)
CEN state (Connecticut)
NEREN regional (Midwest)
Illinois Century Network state (Illinois)
KanREN state (Kansas)
LEARN state (Texas) [4]
Merit Network state (Michigan)
NERO state (Oregon)
NCREN state (North Carolina)
NYSERNet state (New York)
OARnet state (Ohio)
OneNet state (Oklahoma)
OSHEAN state (Rhode Island)
PennREN state (Pennsylvania)
THEnet state (Texas) [5]
UEN state (Utah)
WVNET state (West Virginia)
WiscNet state (Wisconsin)
NameType
CANARIE national
ACORN-NL provincial (Newfoundland and Labrador)
ACORN-NS provincial (Nova Scotia)
BCNET provincial (British Columbia)
Cybera provincial (Alberta)
GTAnet provincial (Ontario)
ECN provincial (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
MRnet provincial (Manitoba) [6]
ORION provincial (Ontario)
RISQ provincial (Quebec)
SRNet provincial (Saskatchewan)

Latin America

High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA and REUNA. New High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA.jpg
High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA and REUNA.

Caribbean

Europe

Nordic countries

Middle East

Central Asia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GÉANT Services". 2025-04-08.
  2. ↑ "NRENs driving digital transformation in the Western Balkans". 2025-04-08.
  3. ↑ National Research Council (U.S.). National Research Network Review Committee, Leonard Kleinrock; et al. (1988). Toward a National Research Network. National Academies. ISBN   9780309581257.
  4. ↑ "LEARN: Lonestar Education and Research Network". Tx-learn.org. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. ↑ "The Higher Education Network". www.the.net.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "MRnet Manitoba Research Network - Enhancing Education and Research Through Advanced High Speed Optical Networks". Mrnet.mb.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  7. ↑ "New High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA". www.eso.org. European Southern Observatory. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "CEENet - Central and Eastern European Networking Associations". 2012-04-03. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  9. ↑ "Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research".
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