TERENA NREN Compendium 2006
Funding & Staffing

Updated: 4 May 2006 at 14:50
Organisation:
Users / Clients Network Traffic Funding & Staffing Services Basic Information Organisational Information

Some NRENs provide services only to the Research or Education communities in their country. Others provide services to other sectors as well, for example because they administer the country-code tld. For the sake of comparability, we have asked for information only about the activities for the Research or Education communities. For short, these are called 'NREN activities'.

4.1 Is the budget year equal to the calendar year?
(x)Yes ( )No
If not, it runs from 01/01 to 31/12

(Answers to questions 4.2 and 4.4 are not made public.)

4.3 2005 budget that was dedicated directly to NREN activities (see explanation above): (in millions of euro at the current exchange rate):
16.000
4.5 2006 budget that is dedicated to NREN activities (in millions of euro at the current exchange rate):
15.000
4.6 Estimate of the sources of NREN-related income (for 2006 or 2006/2007) (the total should be 100%)
Source Percentage of income
Users / Clients 19.00
Government / public bodies 76.00
The EU (e.g. for Framework Programme projects) 5.00
Other sources 0.00
Total 100
4.6.1 Does this budget include the amount of the EU subsidy for GN2 that the NREN receives?
(x)Yes ( )No
4.7 Charging methods:
( )We do not charge them directly
(x)We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth
( )We charge a traffic-based fee
( )We use a combination of flat fee and usage-based fee
( )Other (eg. some, but not all, please explain):

Other:  
4.7.1 How do clients pay who are connected through a MAN or regional network?
( )They pay both to us and to the MAN or regional network
( )They pay one fee for their connection
( )They are not charged directly
(x)Other, please explain:

Other: If it is a HEAnet MAN or regional network, the client pays just only one fee for the main connection. Clients connected through another regional network pay HEAnet and also pay for access to the third party network.
4.8 Total number of paid staff directly employed by the organisation (not outsourced):
33
4.9 Number of staff engaged in NREN activities (see explanation above):
33
4.10 Number of staff as given in 4.9 above (i.e. the number of staff engaged in NREN activities), but in full-time equivalents (FTEs):
32.000
4.11 On average, how many people (in FTE) are working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis (for NREN activities)?
0.000
4.12 Breakdown of the staff engaged in NREN activities (as defined above) (all in FTEs):
Breakdown of staff working on NREN activities directly employed by the organisation: Breakdown of staff working on NREN activities but employed by others (outsourced):
NOC 9.000 0.000
Other technical staff 13.000 0.000
Administrative and financial staff 4.000 0.000
User support and training staff 5.000 0.000
Others not included elsewhere 1.000 0.000
Total 32 0
32.000 (= answer 4.10) 0.000 (= answer 4.11)
4.13 Main expenditure categories:
Expenditure Category Percentage
Salaries and general office costs 16.00
Equipment (switches, routers etc.) 11.00
Transmission capacity (IRUs, leased lines, optical equipment etc.) 58.00
Other 15.00
4.14 Indication of how much of the following network levels (equipment + transmission capacity + manpower) are paid for through the NREN budget (and not by some other body): (n/a means this level does not exist in the network)
Level Percentage paid through the NREN budget
External connections 89
NREN backbone 100
Access network 100
Metropolitan or regional networks 50
Campus LAN 0

Remarks or further information regarding this section

From 2007, our charging model (which will henceforth be called a contribution model) will be based largely on the student enrolment of the member institutions, plus a service-related element. For members who do not have students, the contribution will be based on the service element only.

The expenditure on MANs and regional networks is an average, as we move into this area. Next year, we would expect the percentage to be higher, closer to 100% perhaps.