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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University of Cyprus
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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KYPRIAKO EREVNITIKO KAI AKADIMAIKO DIKTIO
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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KEAD
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Postal address:
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Kallipoleos 75
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City/postal code:
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LEFKOSIA 1678
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Cyprus
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Year founded:
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2000
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Year operations started:
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1995
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Fax:
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+ 357 22756082
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Phone:
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+ 357 22892131
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Website:
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www.cynet.ac.cy |
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General e-mail address:
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agatho@ucy.ac.cy
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Separate legal entity /
Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
Other non-profit organisation /
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Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners:
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3
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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The top body is the council (strategic decisions and budget issues). The top executive post is the executive director.
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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No.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Dr. Agathoclis Stylianou
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Executive Director
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Yiannos Pitas Leader NOC
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E-mail:
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yiannos@ucy.ac.cy
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Dr. Agathoclis Stylianou
Executive Director
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E-mail:
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agatho@ucy.ac.cy
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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1
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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1
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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1
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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4
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Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE:
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3
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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.5
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Number of user support and training staff in FTE:
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0
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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60
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FINANCES, BUDGET
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The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
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Total budget of last financial year (in euro):
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0.45 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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0.45 M
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Source
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Percentage of income
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Restricted
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Free
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Government/public bodies:
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90
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Users:
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10
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Method of client charging:
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We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Salaries and general office costs
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20
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Equipment and software costs
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20
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Transmission (data communications)
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60
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Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
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We have a contract with one provider
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through the GÉANT project
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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10, year: 1996
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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100
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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60
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External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr):
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.6
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Congestion in the national network: rank from most (1) to least (5) congested; est. percentage of clients experiencing congestion
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Campus LAN
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3
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60
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Metropolitan or regional network
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5
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40
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Access network
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5
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10
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NREN backbone
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5
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20
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External connections
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5
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20
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Manner in which institutions are connected to the network:
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Directly connected to a POP on the NREN:
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8
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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8
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Number of connected Universities:
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1
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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100
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Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
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3
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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37.5
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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34
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Total volume of traffic through the network in 2001 (in TB):
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5.5
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Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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2
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Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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3.5
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Total traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.42
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Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.18
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Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.24
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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1.2
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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3 times as much
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Recent network traffic statistics:
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1st quarter 2000 0.85 Terabytes
2nd quarter 2000 0.90 Terabytes
3rd quarter 2000 1,00 Terabytes
4rth quarter 2000 1,10 Terabytes
1st quarter 2001 1,30 Terabytes
2nd quarter 2001 1,35 Terabytes
3rd quarter 2001 1,40 Terabytes
4rth quarter 2001 1,45 Terabytes
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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GRNET (AS5408), 34 Mb/s
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CYTANET (AS6866), 128 Kb/s
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Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
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CYTANET (AS6866), 2 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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CYTANET (AS6866), 8 Mb/s
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GRNET (AS5408), 50 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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Ethernet
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Planned technical changes:
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Capacity of LANs and WANs.
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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2 times as much
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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CYPIX router currently managed by the University of Cyprus which
is the technical coordinator oc CYNET.
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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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- Directory services:
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Not done
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- Security incident response:
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Done by NREN
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- PKI/CA:
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Not done
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- Annual Conferences:
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Not done
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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See the website (in Greek).
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Current interests:
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Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
User authentication /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Multicast /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Video Conferencing /
Streaming Media /
Traffic Monitoring /
Information Content indexing
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Essential future interests:
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IPv6 Service Deployment /
In house PKI development/deployment /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
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