Compendium 2002 Country Information
« Back to country overview
BASIC INFORMATION
|
Full name of the organisation (in English:)
|
National Information Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Visiting address:
|
259 Jubeiha
|
|
|
|
|
Postal address:
|
P.O. Box 259
Jubeiha
|
|
City/postal code:
|
11941 AMMAN
|
|
Jordan
|
|
Year founded:
|
1993
|
|
Year operations started:
|
1995
|
|
|
|
|
Fax:
|
+962 6 533 7168
|
|
Phone:
|
+962 6 533 7184
|
|
Website:
|
www.nic.gov.jo |
|
General e-mail address:
|
info@nic.gov.jo
|
|
|
|
ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
|
Form of organisation:
|
Governmental organisation (govt. dept., agency or organisation under govt. umbrella, etc.) /
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
|
Dr. Yousef A. Nusseir
|
| |
President
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Head of the Technical Staff:
|
Mr. Fadel Sweedan Director Technical Affairs
|
|
E-mail:
|
fsweedan@nic.gov.jo
|
|
Name of contact person for PR matters:
|
Mr. Fadel Sweedan
Director Technical Affairs
|
|
E-mail:
|
fsweedan@nic.gov.jo
|
|
|
|
STAFFING
|
Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
|
25
|
|
Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCES, BUDGET
|
|
|
|
Total budget of last financial year (in euro):
|
1.6 M
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
|
We have a contract with one provider
|
|
Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
|
Through contract(s) with (a) provider(s)
|
|
Remarks:
|
Jordan Telecommunication Company is the only supplier.
|
USER BASE
|
Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
|
170, year: 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
|
130
|
|
Number of connected Universities:
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CAPACITY AND PLANS
|
Current core network capacity in Mbps:
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
|
Services provided:
|
|
|
- Basic IP provision:
|
Done by NREN
|
|
- User support:
|
Done by NREN
|
|
- NOC:
|
Done by NREN
|
|
- Directory services:
|
Done by NREN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other services:
|
Information Service, ISP, .JO Domain Registration, Training
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
