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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Macedonian Academic and Research Network
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Makedonska akademska naushno-istrachuvashka mrecha
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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MARNet
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Postal address:
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Univerzitet "Sv. Kiril i Metodij" Bul. Krste Misirkov b.b.
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City/postal code:
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1000 SKOPJE
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FYR of Macedonia
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Year founded:
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1994
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Year operations started:
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1995
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Fax:
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+389 2 114 308, 116 370
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Phone:
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+389 2 129 068
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Website:
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www.ukim.edu.mk/voizgradba.html |
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General e-mail address:
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postmaster@marnet.mk
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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username@marnet.mk
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Not a separate legal entity /
Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
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Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners:
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45
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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Two governing bodies: Council of MARNet and Managing (Executive) Board of MARNet.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Prof. Oliver Popov
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President of the Managing Board of MARNet
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Goran Muratovski
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E-mail:
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gone@marnet.mk
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Prof. Oliver Popov
President of the Managing Board of MARNet
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E-mail:
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oliver@marnet.mk, oliver.popov@mh.se
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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0
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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0
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Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE:
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2
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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54
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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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70 k
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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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100
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Equipment and software costs
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10
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Transmission (data communications)
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90
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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 contract(s) with (a) provider(s)
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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31, year: 1996
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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95
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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100
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Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN:
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5
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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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4
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Metropolitan or regional network
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4
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Access network
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4
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NREN backbone
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4
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External connections
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1
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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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100%
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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40
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Number of connected Universities:
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2
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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66
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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100
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Remarks:
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Only the new SEE University is not connected.
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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2
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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2 Mbps
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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Macedonian Telecom
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1 Mb/s
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Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
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Athens
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4 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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Athens (most likely), 8 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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Ethernet, leased lines
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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No
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Remarks:
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Star topology with bandwidth into the core between 56 Kb/s to 10 Mb/s.
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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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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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Exclusion of any type of commercial traffic. We provide connectivity only to research and education institutions and organizations, and few government agencies and ministries.
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Current interests:
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User authentication /
Teaching and learning methods /
Traffic Monitoring /
Web Server usage analysis /
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Essential future interests:
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SDH /
Giga Ethernet /
Wireless LAN /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Multicast /
CERT services /
*Security /
Video Conferencing /
Streaming Media /
Web Server content management /
Information Content indexing
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Will follow other NRENs on:
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Lambda Testbed access /
Lambda Service Deployment /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
MPLS Service Deployment /
IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
In house PKI development/deployment /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
Charging / billing systems /
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