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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:) | CESNET |
| Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): | CESNET, zájmové sdružení právnických osob |
| Abbreviation in the national language(s): | CESNET, z.s.p.o. |
| Abbreviation in English: | CESNET |
| Postal address: | Zikova 4 |
| City/postal code: | 16000 PRAGUE 6 |
Czech Republic |
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| Year founded: | 1996 |
| Year operations started: | 1993 |
| Short description of the history of the NREN: | http://www.cesnet.cz/english/doc/history.html |
| Phone: | +420 2 243 52975 |
| Fax: | +420 2 2432 0269
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| Website: | http://www.cesnet.cz/ |
| General e-mail address: | info@cesnet.cz |
| Convention used for e-mail addresses: | first name.surname@cesnet.cz ; individual e-mail addresses are allowed |
| National Member | |
| Since: | 1990 |
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Section two:
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION |
| Form of organisation: | Non-profit / Separate legal entity / |
| Members, shareholders and/or owners of the organisation: | Czech universities and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| Brief description of the governing structure: | General Assembly - is nominated by the owners Board of Directors - is elected by the General Assembly Supervisory Board - is elected by the General Assembly Managing Director - is elected by the Board of Directors |
| Number of participants (members, shareholders): | 27 |
| Individuals, organisations or both: | Organisations |
| Number of clients: | 70 |
| Remarks: | The number above includes the customers of the commercial network. |
| Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): | Mr. Jan Gruntorád |
| Managing Director | |
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Section three:
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STAFFING |
| Total number of staff: | 34 |
| Number of paid staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): | 31.37 |
| Number of Technical Staff in FTE: | 12.4 |
| Head of the Technical Staff: | Mr. Vaclav Novak |
| E-mail: | novakv@cesnet.cz |
| Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE: | 8.9 |
| Name of contact person for PR matters: | Ms. Lenka Zapletalová |
| Managing Director's Secretary | |
| E-mail: | zaplet@cesnet.cz |
| Number of user support and training staff in FTE: | 4 |
| Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors: | 20.45 |
| Total amount of effort in person/months per year: | 622 |
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Section four:
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FINANCES, BUDGET |
| Total budget of last financial year (in euro): | 9.9 M |
| Total budget current financial year (in euro): | 10 M |
| Proportion of budget for recurrent expenditure: | >75% |
- from the Government: |
51-75% |
- from the EU: |
<25% |
- from the users: |
<25% |
- from companies / the commercial sector: |
<25% |
- from foundations and charitable bodies: |
<25% |
- from other sources: |
<25% |
| Proportion of budget for investment: | <25% |
- from the Government: |
51-75% |
- from the EU: |
<25% |
- from users: |
25 - 50% |
- from companies / the commercial sector: |
<25% |
- from foundations / charitable bodies: |
<25% |
- from other sources: |
<25% |
| Percentage of investment budget for transmission: | 25 - 50% |
| Percentage of investment budget for applications: | <10% |
| Percentage of investment budget for network equipment: | <10% |
| Percentage of investment budget for development: | 51-75% |
| Percentage of investment budget for other purposes: | <10% |
| Remarks: | Infrastructure equipment - 1,35 mil euro. |
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Section five:
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USER BASE |
| Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN: | 90 |
| Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN: | 30 |
| Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN: | 20 |
| Number of institutions connected: | 79 |
| Institutions divided over: | |
- industry, commerce, industrial research: |
11-25% |
- tertiary education and research: |
25 - 50% |
- higher/further education: |
<10% |
- secondary education: |
<10% |
- libraries: |
11-25% |
- government agencies and ministries: |
<10% |
- others: |
11-25% |
| Remarks: | Official statistics on number of students according to the ISCED 97 specification during the school year 1998/99 . |
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Section six:
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CAPACITY AND PLANS |
| Current core network capacity in Mbps: | 2500 |
| Total volume of traffic through the network last year (in Tb): | 2700 |
| Traffic per university student (in Gb/yr): | 11.44 |
| Core capacity in Mb/s x km: | 3900000 |
| Technology used for the core network: | PoS SDH |
| Planned technical changes: | Upgrade the core network capacity to tens of gigabits. |
| Expected core capacity in two years: | 10 times as much |
| Expected increase in core capacity in 5 years: | 100 times as much |
| Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): | 155 |
| Expected access capacity in two years time: | 2.5 times as much |
| Expected increase in the access capacity in 5 years: | 10 times as much |
| Adequateness of coverage: | We have sufficient coverage in the entire country |
| Map of network topology: | http://www.cesnet.cz/english/network/ |
| Recent network traffic statistics: | http://www.cesnet.cz/provoz/zatizeni |
| Long-term trends in traffic development: | See attached info on international connectivity development. |
| Current capacity to Europe (in Mpbs: | 30 Mbps |
| Current capacity to the US and the rest of the world: | 179 Mbps |
| Current capacity to Internet2: | Part of global connectivity - we are not able to specify it. |
| Expected capacity to Europe in two years' time (in Mbps): | 2500 |
| Expected capacity to the US and the rest of the world in two years' time (in Mbps): | 2500 |
| Expected capacity to Internet2 in 2 years: | 2500 |
| Method of peering with the commercial Internet: | Via the National Internet exchange |
| Involvement in Internet Exchange Point: | Via the members of NIX.CZ (Association for peering in the Czech Republic) |
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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 |
- Directory services: |
Done in-house |
- Security incident response: |
Done in-house |
| Transmission services provided: | Terrestrial; radio. |
| Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy: | http://www.cesnet.cz/english/doc/aup.html |
| Current interests: | SDH / WDM / Giga Ethernet / Wireless LAN / Diffserv/Qos / IPv6 Service Implementation / User authentication / Directory Services / Caching, Indexing, Mirroring / Multicast / Teaching and learning methods / Video Conferencing / Streaming Media / Capacity planning, statistics / |
| Essential future interests: | Gigabit Testbed access / CERT services / CERT incident coordination / Web Server management / Web Server usage analysis / |
| Potential future interests: | IPv6 Development / Mobile Access / Information Content management |
| Joint projects with/on: | Datagrid: http://www.datagrid.cnr.it |
| Expectations from TERENA in any of these areas: | Support and co-ordination of new project areas. |
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