Compendium 2002 Country Information

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BASIC INFORMATION

Full name of the organisation (in English:) GREEK RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY NETWORK S.A.
Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): Ethniko Diktuo Ereunas & Technologias
Abbreviation in the national language(s): EDET
Postal address: 15, Mesogion Str.,
Ampelokipi
City/postal code: 115 27 ATHENS

Greece
Year founded: 1998
Year operations started: 1995
Short description of the history of the NREN: www.grnet.gr/about_en.html
Fax: +30 10 74 74 490
Phone: +30 10 74 74 274
Website: www.grnet.gr/
General e-mail address: info@grnet.gr


ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

Form of organisation: Separate legal entity /
Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners: 1
Brief description of the governing structure: GRNET S.A. is run by the Board of Directors consisting of 8 members,
which is assigned by the Ministry of Development and has a four year tenure.
Involvement in cctld or domain names: GRNET participates in RIPE Working Groups
Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): Prof. Vasilis Maglaris
Chairman GRNET
Mr. Theodoros Karounos
General Director
Head of the Technical Staff: Mr. Tryfon Chiotis Technical Director
E-mail: tchiotis@grnet.gr
Name of contact person for PR matters: Ms. Natasa Betzouni Manager of PR
E-mail: betzouni@grnet.gr


STAFFING

Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): 20
Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE: 7
Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis: 15
Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE: 12
Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE: 6
Number of user support and training staff in FTE: 1
Total amount of effort in person/months per year: 420


FINANCES, BUDGET

The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
Total budget of last financial year (in euro): 10 M
Total budget current financial year (in euro): 12 M
Source Percentage of income Restricted Free
Government/public bodies: 100 x


Method of client charging: We do not charge them directly
 
Expenditure category: Percentage:
Salaries and general office costs 15
Equipment and software costs 20
Transmission (data communications) 60
Other 5
Method of obtaining national data communications capacity: We have a contract with one provider
Method of obtaining international data communications capacity: Through the GÉANT project


USER BASE

Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000): 388, year: 1999
Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN: 100
Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN: 100
Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN: 90
Percentage of primary education pupils with Internet access through the NREN: 30
External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr): 1.3
Congestion in the national network: rank from most (1) to least (5) congested; est. percentage of clients experiencing congestion
Campus LAN 5 5
Metropolitan or regional network 5
Access network 4 25
NREN backbone 4 20
External connections 4 10


Manner in which institutions are connected to the network:
Directly connected to a POP on the NREN: 100%
Number of institutions with a permanent connection: 65
Number of connected Universities: 20
Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN: 100
Number of connected institutes of higher or further education: 14
Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN: 100

CAPACITY AND PLANS



Current core network capacity in Mbps: 2 x 155
Total volume of traffic through the network in 2001 (in TB): 501
Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB): 251
Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB): 250
Total traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 55.5
Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 30
Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 25.5
Core capacity in Mb/s x km: 90000
Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): 34 Mbps
Expected access capacity in two years time: 30 times as much
Map of network topology: www.grnet.gr/technical_en.html
Recent network traffic statistics: netmon.grnet.gr/map.shtml
Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
GEANT, 2 x 155 Mb/s
Athens Internet Exchange (AIX), 100 Mb/s
Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
GEANT, 2 x 622 Mb/s
Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
GEANT, 2 x 2.4 Gb/s


Technology used for the core network: ATM over SDH
Planned technical changes: Yes, IP over DWDM
Expected core capacity in two years: 60 times as much
Involvement in Internet Exchange Point: AIX is operated by GRNET.
  www.aix.gr


SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS

Services provided:
- Basic IP provision: Done by NREN
- User support: Outsourced
- NOC: Outsourced
- Directory services: Outsourced
- Security incident response: Outsourced
- PKI/CA: Outsourced
- Annual Conferences: Done by NREN
Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy: www.grnet.gr/aup_en.html
Current interests: SDH /
MPLS Service Deployment /
IPv6 Development /
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
Essential future interests: Giga Ethernet /
Lambda Testbed access /
Lambda Service Deployment /
Diffserv/Qos /
User authentication /
In house PKI development/deployment /
In house Certification Authority /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
Charging / billing systems /
Potential future interests: Wireless LAN /
Joint projects with/on: SEQUIN
6NET
Expectations from TERENA in any of these areas: New initiatives.