TERENA NREN Compendium 2009
Basic Information

Updated: 27 August 2009 at 11:30
Organisation:
Users / Clients Services Traffic Technical Services Funding and Staffing Basic Information
  1. Australian Academic and Research Network
  2. Australian Academic and Research Network
  3. AARNet
  4. AARNet
  5. Building 9, Banks Street
    Yarralumla ACT 2600
  6. GPO Box 1559
    Canberra ACT 2601
  7. Australia
  8. +61 2 6222 3535
  9. +61 2 6222 3530
  10. inquiries@aarnet.edu.au
  11. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/
  12. firstname.lastname@aarnet.edu.au
  13. 1989
  14. 1989
  15. 1998
  16. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/about-us/history.aspx
  17. (x)Separate legal entity of its own
    ( )Not a legal entity of its own, but part of a larger organisation
    ( )Not a separate legal entity and also not part of a larger organisation
  18. ( )We are a government agency or part of a ministry
    ( )The Government appoints at least half of the members of our Governing body
    (x)There is an indirect relationship (for example if at least half the members of your Governing body are appointed by research and education institutions that in itself are (largely) government-funded)
    ( )No formal relationship
    ( )Other, please explain below
  20. AARNet Pty Ltd (ACN 084 540 518) is the not-for-profit company that operates the AARNet network which provides high-capacity Internet services to Australia's universities, research institutions including CSIRO, DSTO and ANSTO, and certain other related organisations as permitted by the AARNet Access Policy. Shares in AARNet Pty Ltd (AARNet) are held by thirty-eight Australian universities and the CSIRO, together known as the Members. AARNet is a licensed Australian telecommunications carrier (Nr 61 under the Telecommunications Act 1997 Cth).
    AARNet's Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors, which comprises 12 members, 8 elected by or directly representing members, 3 externals appointed by the Board, and the CEO. A separate body, the AARNet Advisory Committee (AAC), represents the interests of the Members and is a source of advice on policy and business matters. Regional Network Organisations, which are generally State based, each elect one representative to the AAC.
  21.  
  22. (x)Yes ( )No
  23. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/library/Revised%20Access%20Policy%20040706.pdf
  24. (x)Yes ( )No
  25. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/library/Revised%20Access%20Policy%20040706.pdf
  26. ( )Yes (x)No
  27.  
  28. ( )Yes (x)No
  29.  
  30. ( )Yes (x)No
  31. (x)Yes ( )No
  32.  
  33. (x)Yes ( )No
  34. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/about-us/publications.aspx
  35. (x)Yes ( )No
  36. http://yoyo.aarnet.edu.au/weathermap.html
  37. 2010 will continue a number of technological changes in AARNet's network. We have implemented or expect to implement within the next 12 months the following major changes:

    - Light the fibre system to Western Australia (approx. 1500km of fibre), and install an extra 700km of dark fibre to a remote site which is one of the candidate sites for the Square Kilometre Array;
    - Trial 40Gbps DWDM transmission;
    - Enable Dynamic Lightpath capability on the AARNet optical network;
    - Implement VPLS capability as an alternative technology to the Optical Private Networks built on a mesh of PtP circuits currently in use for customer campus interconnectivity;
    - work with the government's National Broadband Network rollout to acquire and light additional fibres, especially to regional and underserved areas, including Tasmania.