Jørgen Qvist presenting the NORDUnet optical network implementation at APAN54

Jørgen Qvist presenting the NORDUnet optical network implementation at APAN54

NORDUnet Chief Network Operating Officer Jørgen Qvist is presenting today at the APAN54 conference is the session Comparison of Transmission Networks of NRENs belonging to Developed and Developing countries.

Jørgen is one of several experts presenting on implementations of transmission networks for research and education, focusing on technology, cost, deployment, and business justifications. Jørgen Qvist will talk about how the NORDUnet network is built with a dedicated optical transmission overlay on spectrum provided in a spectrum sharing arrangement with the Nordic NRENs, giving NORDUnet the flexibility of a dedicated optical capacity and the cost advantages of a shared fibre infrastructure.

 

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