Compendium 2002 Country Information
- BASIC INFORMATION
- ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
- STAFFING
- FINANCES, BUDGET
- USER BASE
- CAPACITY AND PLANS
- SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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 |
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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. |