Compendium 2002 Country Information
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BASIC INFORMATION
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Full name of the organisation (in English:)
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Institute of Informatics & Applied Mathematics
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Instituti Informatikes dhe Matematikes Aplikuar
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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INIMA
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Postal address:
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Rr. Lek Dukagjini 3
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City/postal code:
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TIRANA
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Albania
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Year founded:
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1985
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Year operations started:
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1997
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Short description of the history of the NREN:
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1985 - metropolitan network
1997 - part of the academic network supported by Soros Foundation
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Fax:
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+355 4 362122
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Phone:
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+355 4 362968
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Website:
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www.inima.al |
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General e-mail address:
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inima@inima.al
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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[first letter of name][3 first letters of surname]@[institution].[ccTld]
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
Governmental organisation (govt. dept., agency or organisation under govt. umbrella, etc.) /
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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Research & development independent institute of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Represents the Albanian Academic Network community in CEENet (there is no dedicated organisation for the academic network in Albania).
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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INIMA is technical registry for names under ccTld AL.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Prof.Dr. Gudar Beqiraj
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Director of INIMA
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Prof.Dr. Neki Frasheri Vice-Director
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E-mail:
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nfra@inima.al
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Prof.Dr. Neki Frasheri
Vice-Director
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E-mail:
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nfra@inima.al
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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10
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Remarks:
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INIMA gives Internet services to a part of the academic community in Albania, in the framework of the Internet project of Soros Foundation. Main activities of INIMA include research & development and training.
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FINANCES, BUDGET
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The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
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Method of client charging:
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We do not charge them directly
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Remarks:
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The budget of INIMA is from government and activities NREN activities are not included in it (these activities are covered by Soros Foundation in the framework of Soros Internet project).
INIMA distributes its services free of charge based on the connectivity received from this project.
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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39, year: 1998
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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20
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Number of connected Universities:
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2
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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15
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Remarks:
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There are two main universities in Tirana (U. of Tirana and Polytechnic University). A part of their faculties are connected permanently via Soros Foundation.
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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0.5
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Total volume of traffic through the network in 2001 (in TB):
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245
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Core capacity in Mb/s x km:
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30
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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0.5 Mbps
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Map of network topology:
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The network is extended in the city of Tirana having star topology.
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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Taide Network AS, 0.396 / 0.128 Mbit/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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wireless ethernet
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Services provided:
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- Basic IP provision:
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Done by NREN
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- User support:
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Done by NREN
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Security incident response:
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Done by NREN
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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Services are given only for the academic community.
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Current interests:
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Wireless LAN /
User authentication /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Teaching and learning methods /
Traffic Monitoring /
Web Server content management /
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Potential future interests:
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SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
User authentication /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Multicast /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Teaching and learning methods /
Video Conferencing /
Traffic Monitoring /
Web Server content management /
Web Server usage analysis /
Information Content indexing
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Will follow other NRENs on:
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SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
Multicast /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Teaching and learning methods /
Video Conferencing /
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