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TERENA COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL RESEARCHAND EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS IN EUROPE, 2001 |
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Section one:
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BASIC INFORMATION |
| Full name of the organisation (in English:) | Institute of Informatics & Applied Mathematics |
| Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): | Instituti Informatikes dhe Matematikes Aplikuar |
| Abbreviation in the national language(s): | INIMA |
| Abbreviation in English: | INIMA |
| Postal address: | Rr. Lek Dukagjini 3 |
| City/postal code: | TIRANA |
Albania |
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| Year founded: | 1985 |
| Year operations started: | 1997 |
| Short description of the history of the NREN: | 1985 - metropolitan network 1997 - part of the academic network supported by Soros Foundation |
| Phone: | +355 4 362968 |
| Fax: | +355 4 362122
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| Website: | http://www.inima.al |
| General e-mail address: | inima@inima.al |
| Not member | |
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Section two:
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION |
| Form of organisation: | Non-profit / Separate legal entity / |
| Brief description of the governing structure: | Research & development independent institute of the Academy of Sciences of Albania. Represents the Albanian Academic Network community in CEENet (there is no dedicated organisation for the academic network in Albania). |
| Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): | Prof.Dr. Gudar Beqiraj |
| Director of INIMA | |
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Section three:
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STAFFING |
| Total number of staff: | 40 |
| Number of paid staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): | 40 |
| Number of Technical Staff in FTE: | 20 |
| Head of the Technical Staff: | Mr. Neki Frasheri |
| E-mail: | nfra@inima.al |
| Name of contact person for PR matters: | Mr. Neki Frasheri |
| Vice-Director | |
| E-mail: | nfra@inima.al |
| Number of user support and training staff in FTE: | 20 |
| Remarks: | INIMA gives Internet services to a part of the academic community in Albania, in the framework of the Internet project of Soros Foundation. Main activities of INIMA include research & development and training. |
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Section four:
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FINANCES, BUDGET |
| Total budget of last financial year (in euro): | 120,000 |
| Total budget current financial year (in euro): | 135,000 |
| Proportion of budget for recurrent expenditure: | >75% |
- from the Government: |
>75% |
- from other sources: |
<25% |
| Proportion of budget for investment: | <25% |
- from the Government: |
51-75% |
- from other sources: |
51-75% |
| Percentage of investment budget for applications: | <10% |
| Percentage of investment budget for network equipment: | <10% |
| Percentage of investment budget for development: | <10% |
| Percentage of investment budget for other purposes: | <10% |
| Remarks: | These data are only from the budget of INIMA. The Internet connectivity is given for free from Soros Foundation in the framework of its Internet project, and it covers a part of the academic community. INIMA distributes its services free of charge based on the connectivity received from this project. |
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Section five:
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USER BASE |
| Number of institutions connected: | 20 (via Soros Foundation) |
| Institutions divided over: | |
- tertiary education and research: |
25 - 50% |
- higher/further education: |
<10% |
- secondary education: |
<10% |
- libraries: |
<10% |
- government agencies and ministries: |
<10% |
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Section six:
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CAPACITY AND PLANS |
| Current core network capacity in Mbps: | 0.5 |
| Total volume of traffic through the network last year (in Tb): | 1.1 |
| Core capacity in Mb/s x km: | 30 |
| Technology used for the core network: | wireless ethernet |
| Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): | 0.5 Mbps |
| Adequateness of coverage: | Coverage is insufficient, both for larger and smaller sites |
| Map of network topology: | The network is extended in the city of Tirana having star topology. |
| Remarks: | The Internet project of Soros Foundation is near its termination, and it covers only a part of the academic & research community. Other institutions have limited (?) access via private ISP-s. |
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Section seven:
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS |
| Services provided: | |
- Basic IP provision: |
Done in-house |
- User support: |
Done in-house |
- NOC: |
Done in-house |
- Security incident response: |
Done in-house |
Other services: |
Services are given only for the academic community. |
| Transmission services provided: | offer radio transmission services and dial-up services |
| Current interests: | SDH / Wireless LAN / IPv6 Service Implementation / Caching, Indexing, Mirroring / CERT services / CERT incident coordination / Teaching and learning methods / Web Server management / Web Server usage analysis / |
| Essential future interests: | Giga Ethernet / IPv6 Service Implementation / Caching, Indexing, Mirroring / Multicast / Video Conferencing / Capacity planning, statistics / Information Content management |
| Potential future interests: | IPv6 Development / Directory Services / Mobile Access / Streaming Media / |
| Will follow other NRENs on: | WDM / Gigabit Testbed access / Diffserv/Qos / User authentication / |
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