TERENA NREN Compendium 2011
Basic Information

Updated: 18 February 2012 at 02:31
Organisation:
Users / Clients Connectivity Services Traffic Technical Services Funding and Staffing Basic Information
  1. Australia's Academic and Research Network
  2. Australia's 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. 1989
  13. 1989
  14. 1998
  15. http://www.aarnet.edu.au/about-us/history.aspx
  16. (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
  17.  
  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.  
  24. (x)Yes ( )No
  25.  
  26. ( )Yes (x)No
  27.  
  28. ( )Yes (x)No
  29.  
  30. (x)Yes ( )No
  31. (x)Yes ( )No
  32.  
  33. (x)Yes ( )No ( )Planned
  34. During the course of 2010, AARNet moved from an outsourced optical NOC to an entirely insourced NOC, staffed 24 x 7 by 8FTE on shift duty and a dedicated NOC Manager and spread across 2 locations (Perth and Sydney)

    2011 and 2012 will see substantial fibre and DWDM footprint upgrades, as we light the DWDM system from Perth to Adelaide (approx. 2000km) and provide fibre connectivity to a number of locations that were previously not serviced by our optical network, such as Darwin and far north Queensland.

    One of the more noteworthy sites that will receive vastly upgraded connectivity is the Australian candidate site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) which, although more than 800 kilometers from the nearest capital city in Australia’s outback, has been connected with fibre and will be provisioned as a DWDM system over the next few months.