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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Foundation for National Scientific Computing
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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FCCN
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Postal address:
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Avenida do Brasil 101
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City/postal code:
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1700 - 066 LISBOA
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Portugal
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Year founded:
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1987
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Year operations started:
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1990
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Short description of the history of the NREN:
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www.fccn.pt/Fundacao/index.shtml
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Fax:
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+351 21 847 2167
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Phone:
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+351 21 844 0100
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Website:
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www.fccn.pt |
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General e-mail address:
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secretaria@fccn.pt
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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None
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Separate legal entity /
Governmental organisation (govt. dept., agency or organisation under govt. umbrella, etc.) /
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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The Founder's Council appoints a Board of Directors with at least three members. Below this Board there's a set of three areas: Technical, Administrative and ccTLD-PT. There's also a Fiscal Council and a Law assessors that report directly to the Board of Directors.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Prof. Pedro Veiga
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Chairman
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. João Nuno Ferreira
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E-mail:
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ferreira@fccn.pt
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Dr. Marta Dias
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E-mail:
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marta@fccn.pt
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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60
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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57
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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37
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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27
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Number of user support and training staff in FTE:
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3.5
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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684
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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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22.5 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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16.5 M
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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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70
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x
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Users:
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25
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Other sources:
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5
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Method of client charging:
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We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Salaries and general office costs
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15
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Equipment and software costs
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10
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Transmission (data communications)
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73
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Other
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2
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Method of obtaining national data communications capacity:
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We have contracts with several providers
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through the GÉANT project
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Remarks:
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For international connectivity, we also have contracts with providers.
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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357, year: 1999
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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90
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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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2
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Metropolitan or regional network
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4
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Access network
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3
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NREN backbone
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5
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External connections
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4
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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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84
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Number of connected Universities:
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20
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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100
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Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
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24
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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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Number of students in higher/further education with Internet access through the NREN: >200 K.
Number of students in secondary education with Internet access through the NREN: > 600 K.
Number of pupils in primary education with Internet access through the NREN: > 500 K.
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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180
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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20 - 30 Mbps
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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5 times as much
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Map of network topology:
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www.fccn.pt/rcts2
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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GEANT (Madrid), 622 Mb/s
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US (Florida), 47 Mb/s
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Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
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Brazil, 2 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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ATM
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Planned technical changes:
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SDH, wavelengths.
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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2.5 Gb/s
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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We operate the Portuguese Exchange Point.
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www.pix.pt
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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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- User support:
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Done by NREN
Outsourced
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Security incident response:
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Done by NREN
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- Annual Conferences:
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Done by NREN
Outsourced
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Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy:
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www.fccn.pt/RCTS/formalidades/carta/index.shtml
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