NEXUS: Highlighting the Infrastructure for the Research and Education Community
On 27th February 2024, NORDUnet, GEANT and the Guild of European Research intensity Universities organised a multi-stakeholder event in Brussels, focused on how National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) can support initiatives between European and African universities. NORDUnet took this as an opportunity to reach out to the Nordic NRNEs as well as to several […]
Lars Lange Bjørn nominated for the GÉANT Community Award
NORDUnet’s Lars Lange Bjørn has been nominated for the GÉANT Community Award for his leading role in the innovation of spectrum sharing in optical networks. We believe he deserves your vote. During TNC 2008 in Bruges, a radical idea was proposed: that optical waves from one optical network could be transmitted across other optical networks, […]
Built-in resilience for Arctic subsea cables
With state-of-the-art fibre sensing technology, the two cables proposed to connect Northern Europe to Asia and North America will contribute to science and even warn against potential threats to the cable itself. Not only will Arctic subsea connections strengthen European digital sovereignty. Thanks to recent progress in fibre sensing technology, such new subsea cables will […]
Time to register for the 2024 NORDUnet Conference
The 32nd NORDUnet conference will take place on 10th-12th September, 2024 in Bergen, Norway hosted by Norwegian NREN Sikt together with NORDUnet. Being the premier event for the Nordic research and education networking community the NORDUnet conference offers a platform for leaders, technologists, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers to meet with European and global peers. It […]
A vision for two Arctic subsea cables
Nordic NRENs and NORDUnet: By 2030 or soon thereafter, a resilient submarine cable system across the Arctic region towards East Asia must be in place. A route through the Arctic region is the route for connecting Europe to Asia, and since the cable laying technology is ready the timing is right for taking advantage of […]
DeiC hosting Federated Trust and Identity meetings in Copenhagen
Danish NREN DeiC will host the TIIME Unconference and a number of related meetings on federated trust and identity in Copenhagen over four days of the coming week. Kick off will be on 29 January with working group meetings of REFEDS and MidPoint, followed by an FIM4R session and more MidPoint working group events to […]
NORDUnet at PTC’24
Once again NORDUnet is joining the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taking place 20-25 January 2024, PTC’24 brings together stakeholders in design, planning, deployment, and use of subsea cables from around the wold. Special focus for NORDUnet at this year’s event is to learn more about the latest development of relevance for […]
North Pole Fiber project kick-off
The next step of the global Polar Connect project begins today! SUNET, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, and NORDUnet meet in Stockholm for a kick-off meeting of the North Pole Fibre project co-funded by the European Commission under the CEF-2 Digital program. The project is a big leap towards establishing a direct fiber optic connection […]
NORDUnet awarded CEF-2 Digital project for Polar Connect
NORDUnet, the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat have received funding from the European Commission for the North Pole Fibre project. A project that aims to deliver strategic network resources as per the European Union’s Digital Global Gateway strategy
Renewed NORDUnet strategy for 2024 – 2028
A renewed NORDUnet strategy for 2024-2028 has been adopted by the NORDUnet board of directors. The strategy features a zealous ambition for NORDUnet and the collaboration of Nordic NRENs: NORDUnet’s ambition is that we are recognised as the best international collaborators in the world, deliver a world-class technology platform for the knowledge sector, and actively […]
