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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Ukraine Research and Education Network
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Ukrainska Doslidnytska ta osvitnia Merezha
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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URAN
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Postal address:
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37 Peremogy ave.
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City/postal code:
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03027 Kyiv
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Ukraine
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Year founded:
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1998
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Year operations started:
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1999
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Fax:
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+380-44-241 6615
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Website:
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www.uran.net.ua |
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General e-mail address:
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uran@uran.net.ua
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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no strong convention, but usually [firstname first letter][lastname]@uran.net.ua]
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Not a separate legal entity /
Other non-profit organisation /
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Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners:
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10
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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Body for High decision - General council of 10 universities.
Co-ordination council plus technical committee control and executive bodies.
URAN operator : "Centre for European Integration" L.T.D, funded by National Technical University of Ukraine, Academy of science and International university of finance.
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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Not yet.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Mr. Yury Nakimenko
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Chairman of Coordination Council
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Mr. Mikhail Dombrougov
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Science Secretary
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Yaroslav Kiselev Technical administrator
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E-mail:
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Mr. Vladimir G. Galagan
Head of technical committee
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E-mail:
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gal@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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25
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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3
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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2
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Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE:
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2
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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2
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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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0.1 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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0.12 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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30
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Method of client charging:
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We use a combination of flat fee and usage-based fee
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Salaries and general office costs
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5
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Equipment and software costs
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80
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Transmission (data communications)
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15
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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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890, year: 1991
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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4
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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3
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Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN:
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2
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Percentage of primary education pupils with Internet access through the NREN:
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1
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External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr):
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0
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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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5
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50
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Metropolitan or regional network
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2
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50
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Access network
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4
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70
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NREN backbone
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4
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80
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External connections
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2
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80
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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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20%
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Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by the NREN:
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50%
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Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by a third party:
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30%
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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25
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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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7
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Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
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5
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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10
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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0.128
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Total volume of traffic through the network in 2001 (in TB):
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1.4
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Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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0.2
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Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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0.8
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Total traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.12
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Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.03
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Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.09
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Core capacity in Mb/s x km:
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180
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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0.128
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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Twice as much
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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USA, 1.2 Mb/s
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Belgium, 1 Mp/s
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Taide, 4 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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GEANT, 8 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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Ethernet
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Planned technical changes:
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Backbone channels capacity increasing to 2 Mbps
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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Depends on user needs and corresponding funding.
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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Not yet.
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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
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Directory services:
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Done by NREN
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Current interests:
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Traffic Monitoring /
Charging / billing systems /
Teaching and learning methods /
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Essential future interests:
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Wireless LAN /
User authentication /
Teaching and learning methods /
Traffic Monitoring /
Charging / billing systems /
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Potential future interests:
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Diffserv/Qos /
Wireless LAN /
IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
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Expectations from TERENA in any of these areas:
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To help connect to GEANT.
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