TF-VVC Activity Areas
This table contains information about the video conference (VC) resources run by National Research Network organisations that are member of TERENA in Europe, gathered from the members of TF-VVC.
If you cannot find a service in the country you are looking for, please send mail to the TF-VVC mailinglist. We might be able to find a VC resource for you.
If you have additional or updated information about any of the entries please contact the TF-VVC chair.
| Country, Link to more information |
Type of service | General usage policy | GDS connection | Offical site for videoconference services | Contact points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria - ACOnet | No information available | Please try to contact ACOnet's members directly. | |||
| Belgium - BELNET | In the process of setting up services (H.323 gatekeeper and H.323 and H.320 MCU) IM (Jabber) server |
The VC service will be only provided to institutions and users
connected to BELNET. Others on a case by case basis. |
Will be available soon, GDS prefix: 0032 |
All questions to: support@belnet.be | |
| Czech Republic - CESNET | SIP, H.323 Access Grid Node |
No information available | GDS prefix: 00420, work in progress. |
CESNET is setting up a MCU and GDS connection. VC information: http://www.cesnet.cz/videokonference/, Language: Czech, IP telephony inforation avaliable at http://www.ces.net/project/iptelephony/ |
VC contact: Eva Hladká, IPtel: Ivo Hulinsky, Jan Růžička |
| Croatia - CARNet | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN) |
Free for people from the academic and higher education
community, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 00385 |
http://www.carnet.hr/videokonferencije Language: Croatian |
Technical responsible person: Robert Macek E-mail: tcr@carnet.hr Tel: +385 1 616 5616 Problem reporting E-mail: tcr@carnet.hr |
| Cyprus - the University of Cyprus and CYNET | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN) | Services available free for the university community and other colleges which are connected on CYNET | Available, GDS prefix: 00357 |
http://www.ucy.ac.cy/multimedia/index.htm Languages: English |
Nicos Ioannou Multimedia Services and Video Conferencing E-mail: nicos@ucy.ac.cy GDS and phone number: 0035722892094 |
| Denmark - UNI-C | H.323, SIP, Mbone, Access Grid | Free for people from academic and higher education community, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 0045 |
http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/videokonference, Language: Danish, Summary: http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/videokonference, Language: English |
Technical contact: Dan Mønster |
| Estonia - EENet | No information available | ||||
| Finland - FUNET | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN), VRVS, Access Grid Node |
Free for people from the academic and higher education
community, Profit oriented service possible: no, Others on a case by case basis |
Not available yet | http://tv.funet.fi/videoneuvottelu/index.jsp.en Languages: Finnish, English |
Technical contact: Jani Tiihonen E-mail: Jani.Tiihonen@csc.fi Tel:+358 9 457 2240 |
| France - RENATER | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN), VRVS, mbone |
Available to French academic and research community | Available, GDS prefix: 0033 |
http://www.renater.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=33/ Language: French; Old site with still valuable info: http://www4.renater.fr/Services/Visio/; |
Technical contact: Marcolino Pires |
| Germany - DFN | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN) |
Service available for people in DFN organisations and their guests, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 0049 |
https://www.vc.dfn.de/ Languages: German, English |
Administrative contact: Gisela Maiss E-mail: admin@vc.dfn.de Tel: +49 30 88429947 Technical contact: Juergen Hornung E-mail: admin@vc.dfn.de Tel: +49 711 63314214 Problem reporting E-mail: admin@vc.dfn.de |
| Greece - GRNET | H.323 (IP) H.320 (ISDN) VoIP directory gatekeeper |
Service available for free for people from the academic and higher education and research community, Profit oriented service possible: no , Others: yes, with proper registration on the Services RTS site: http://rts.grnet.gr/ |
Available GDS prefix: 0030 |
Offical site for GRNET videoconference services http://rts.grnet.gr/ Languages: English (info only), Greek (info and functionality) |
Technical responsible person: GRNET/RTS team E-mail: rts@grnet.gr Problem reporting E-mail: rts@grnet.gr |
| Hungary - HUNGARNET | H.323 (IP), gateway to PSTN, GDS <=> PSTN gateway service |
Not restricted only to the Hungarian higher education and research
community. However, it is a priority to support the national community. Free capacities could be used for any other international research and higher education purposes. European research project support: possible, based on preliminary negotiations |
Available, GDS prefix: 0036 |
http://www.vidkonf.niif.hu/ Languages: English, Hungarian |
Technical responsible person: András Kovács E-mail: akov@niif.hu Tel: +36 1 450 3082 Problem reporting E-mail: videoadmin@niif.hu |
| Iceland - RHnet | No information available, but please contact the Iceland University of Education Learning Centre | ||||
| Ireland - HEAnet | H.323 (IP), VRVS reflector |
Free for customers. Others on a case by case basis. | Available, prefix 00353 | http://www.heanet.ie/services/services.php?serID=0&subID=30 Language: English |
Contact information E-mail: mailto:%20multimedia@heanet.ie |
| Italy - GARR | no VC services directly by GARR. VC services are offered at some individual universities and by CINECA (interuniversity supercomputing centre): H.323, Access Grid Node | Services available on request and with different policies and fee for consortium members, academic institutions, CINECA partners, and international research and educational groups. | Available, GDS prefix: 0039 |
http://www.cineca.it/csd/area/videoconf_(multim).htm Language: Italian |
Technical contact person: Franca Fiumana E-mail: f.fiumana@cineca.it |
| Latvia - LANET | H.323 (IP) | Service available for free for people from the academic and higher education and research community, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available GDS prefix: 00371 |
Official videoconferencing site is under construction | Technical responsible person: Reinis Nartiss E-mail: reinis.nartiss@lu.lv Tel: +371 6475532 Problem reporting E-mail: video@lanet.lv |
| Lithuania - LITNET | No information available | For all questions, please contact: Donatas Raisutis | |||
| Luxembourg - RESTENA | No information available | Please try to contact RESTENA's members directly. | |||
| FYR of Macedonia - MARNet | No information available | Please contact the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje | |||
| Malta - University of Malta | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN) |
Service for a fee (fee structure for university users and others) | Available, GDS prefix: 00 |
http://www.csc.um.edu.mt/vidconf/ | Technical contact: E-mail: videoconf@csc.um.edu.mt, web: http://www.csc.um.edu.mt/go/contactvideoconf |
| the Netherlands - SURFnet | H.323 (IP), Breeze |
Service available for free for people from the Dutch academic
and higher education and research community, Profit oriented service possible: no, Others on a case by case basis. |
Available, GDS prefix: 0031 |
http://contact.surfnet.nl/ Languages: Dutch, English |
Technical responsible person: Erik Dobbelsteijn E-mail: conferencing@surfnet.nl Tel: +31 30 2305305 Problem reporting E-mail: conferencing@surfnet.nl |
| Norway - UNINETT | H.323 (IP) | Free for all. | Available, prefix 0047 | http://www.uninett.no/multimedia/videokonf Language: Norwegian |
Technical responsible person: Geir Olav Jensen Tel: +47 73 55 79 01 Problem reporting E-mail: mailto:mm-hjelp@uninett.no |
| Poland - PCSS | H.323 (IP) | Free for people from Polish academic and research institutes | Available, GDS prefix: 0048 |
The videoservices are run by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center: http://monstera.man.poznan.pl/mcu/ | Technical contact: Bartlomiej Idzikowski, Michal Przybylski |
| Portugal - FCCN | H.323 (IP), Access Grid Nodes, support for VRVS users |
Free for people from the academic and higher education
community, Profit oriented service possible: no, Others on a case by case basis. |
Available, GDS prefix: 00351 |
http://www.fccn.pt/video-conferencia Language: Portuguese |
Contact information: servico-videoconferencia@fccn.pt wg-multimedia@fccn.pt Technical responsible person: Rui Ribeiro Tel: +351 21 8440100 Problem reporting: E-mail: servico-videoconferencia@fccn.pt |
| Slovenia - ARNES | H.323, H.320 (ISDN), streaming of conferences |
Services are available free for ARNES users, organizations connected to
Internet over ARNES and their guests, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 00386 |
http://www.arnes.si/video, Language: Slovene |
David Vrtin Tel +386 1 479 88 77 Email: video-podpora@arnes.si |
| Romania - RNC | No information available | ||||
| Serbia & Montenegro - University of Belgrade - AMREJ | No information available | ||||
| Slovakia - SANET | No information available. But VRVS is very big in Slovakian universities. Please contact the institues directly. There are several VoIP (H.323) implementations in SANET. |
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| Spain - RedIRIS | H.323 (IP) | Free for members of research and high academic
community, Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 0034 |
Multimedia services
and experiences Languages: Spanish |
Contact information: E-mail: mmedia@rediris.es Technical responsible person: Jose Maria Fontanillo Email: jmaria.fontanillo (at) rediris.es Tel: +34 91 212 76 20 / 25 - Ext 4320 Problem reporting: E-mail: mmedia@rediris.es |
| Sweden - SUNET | H.323, Breeze, Marratech, others | Services available the Swedisch academic and research institutes | Available, GDS prefix: 0046 |
http://www.meetings.sunet.se/introduction.php?lang=en | Technical contact: Johnny Widén, Luleå University of Technology. For Swedisch gatekeeper questions: Patrice Worth, Göteborgs universitet, email: GKSE@sunet.se |
| Switzerland - SWITCH | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN), Breeze, Marratech, streaming of conferences |
Service available for free for people from the Swiss academic
and higher education and research community, and their guests Profit oriented service possible: yes |
Available, GDS prefix: 0041 |
http://econf.switch.ch/ Languages: English |
Technical contact: Fabio Vena E-mail: vena@switch.ch Helpdesk E-mail: econf-helpdesk@switch.ch Tel: +41 44 2681501, web: http://econf.switch.ch/ |
| Turkey - ULAKBIM | No information available. Please contact the Universities, as some of them have VC services. | ||||
| United Kingdom - UKERNA | H.323 (IP), H.320 (ISDN) |
Service available free for people from higher education,
further education, and primary education, the research community and their
guests. Profit oriented service possible: no |
Available, GDS prefix: 0044 |
http://www.jvcs.ja.net/ Language: English |
John S. Martin Videoconferencing Service Manager JANET Videoconferencing Management Centre Computing Services University of Edinburgh Tel: +44(0)131 650 6743 Mob: +44(0)7711100289 Foad Boroujerdi JANET Videoconferencing Management Centre Computing Services University of Edinburgh Tel +44 131 650 4989 Fax +44 131 650 6552 Email: F.Boroujerdi@ed.ac.uk |