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BASIC INFORMATION

Full name of the organisation (in English:) National Network for Education and Research
Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): Fondation RESTENA, Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche
Abbreviation in the national language(s): RESTENA
Postal address: 6 RUE COUDENHOVE-KALERGI
City/postal code: 1359 LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg
Year founded: 1990
Year operations started: 1992
Short description of the history of the NREN: www.restena.lu/presentation/historique.html
Fax: +352 422473
Phone: +352 42 44 09 - 1
Website: www.restena.lu/
General e-mail address: admin@restena.lu
Convention used for e-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@restena.lu


ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

Form of organisation: Separate legal entity /
Other non-profit organisation /
Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners: 6
Brief description of the governing structure: Board composed of 6 representatives of the founding institutions and 6 government representatives.
www.restena.lu/restena/presentation/structurelegale.html
Involvement in cctld or domain names: Yes, the RESTENA Foundation manages the cctld .LU .
Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): Mr. Antoine Barthel
Director
Mr. Théo Duhautpas
Director
Head of the Technical Staff: Mr. Alain Frieden
E-mail: alain.frieden@restena.lu
Name of contact person for PR matters: Ms. Ondina Gonçalves Secretary and PR officer
E-mail: ondina.goncalves@restena.lu


STAFFING

Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation: 12
Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): 11
Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE: 6
Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis: 0
Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE: 5
Number of user support and training staff in FTE: 1
Total amount of effort in person/months per year: 132


FINANCES, BUDGET

The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
Total budget of last financial year (in euro): 2.5 M
Total budget current financial year (in euro): 2.8 M
Source Percentage of income Restricted Free
Government/public bodies: 80 x
Other sources: 20 x


Method of client charging: We do not charge them directly
 
Expenditure category: Percentage:
Salaries and general office costs 20
Equipment and software costs 12
Transmission (data communications) 68
Method of obtaining national data communications capacity: We have contracts with several providers
Method of obtaining international data communications capacity: Through the GÉANT project
Remarks: International connectivity also through contracts with providers.


USER BASE

Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000): 3, 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: 100
Percentage of primary education pupils with Internet access through the NREN: 100


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: 350
Number of connected Universities: 2
Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN: 100
Number of connected institutes of higher or further education: 4
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: 1000
Core capacity in Mb/s x km: 35000
Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): 2 Mb
Expected access capacity in two years time: 17 to 1000
Map of network topology: www.restena.lu/restena/presentation/infrastructure.html#national
Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
GÉANT 155
Commerical provider 34
Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
GÉANT, 2500
Commercial provider, 155


Technology used for the core network: Gigabit-Ethernet, SDH
Involvement in Internet Exchange Point: Operation of the LIX, Luxembourg Internet Exchange
  www.lix.lu


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
- Security incident response: Done by NREN
- PKI/CA: Not done
- Annual Conferences: Not done
Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy: Network open to non-commercial activities in the domains of research, education and culture.
www.restena.lu/restena/presentation/generalconditions.html
Current interests: SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
IPv6 Development /
Directory Services /
Teaching and learning methods /
Streaming Media /
Essential future interests: Wireless LAN /
User authentication /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Traffic Monitoring /
Web Server content management /
Potential future interests: Lambda Testbed access /
Diffserv/Qos /
Video Conferencing /
Will follow other NRENs on: Lambda Service Deployment /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
In house PKI development/deployment /
Multicast /
Not interested in: Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Charging / billing systems /
Web Server content management /
Web Server usage analysis /
Information Content indexing
Joint projects with/on: GEANT IPv6 (NGN)
Expectations from TERENA in any of these areas: Coordination projects.