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TERENA Compendium of National Research and Education Networks In Europe /Basic InformationTable 1.3.1 - continuedCountry NREN ChangesEU/EFTA CountriesLuxembourg RESTENA During 2008, the national optical fibre network will be extended alongside with the deployment of 10 GE interfaces.Cross-Border Fibres (CBF) will be established to RENATER and BELNET.Netherlands SURFnet The SURFnet6 network launched in 2006 was one of the first national hybrid networks. We have seen many other NRENs adopting this principle. In 2008 SURFnetplans to launch a new service that will enable users to set-up lightpaths on demand.In September 2007 Boudewijn Nederkoorn stepped down as a managing director after nearly twenty years on the board of directors.Norway UNINETT In the previous year, the company has deployed optical equipment to offer lambdas services in Norway’s 4 main university cities. This offers a range of new servicesfor the institutions, plus an increase in general internet capacity for these institutions.Poland PIONIER In the past year we upgraded DWS bandwidth to 7.5 Gb/s. This year we should have Cross-Border Fibres towards Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Kaliningrad region.Portugal FCCN In 2007 the main effort of FCCN has been directed to the extension of our optical fiber infrastructure to Spain in the North and East borders. A new cable is alreadyinstalled between Porto and the Portuguese-Spanish border in Valença. At the same time a new tender for another cable to Spain has been launched and as a resulta new cable shall be installed, in October 2008, in the border Elvas-BadajozRomania RoEduNet Done:• all backbone equipment (routers) upgraded• RENAM connection upgrade to 155 Mbps.Future:• there is a WDM project undergoing, probably in 2Q 2008 main nodes will be connected via a new structure, with 10 Gbps links;• GEANT connection(s) upgrade to 10 Gbps (new GEANT PoP in Bucharest, already installed but not operational)Spain RedIRIS Red.es has developed a project to fund a new dark-fibre backbone for RedIRIS. The project awaits final approval by the EU and national authorities. If approved, thenew backbone would be deployed between 2009 and 2010.Sweden SUNET In 2007, SUNET upgraded to a new network, called OptoSunet, with a new topology and the possibility to deliver transfer speeds up to 40 Gbit/s. Optical transporttechnology gives possibilities for large traffic transfers with a fibre handling up to 192 wavelengths and 40 Gbit/s.For the first time, SUNET uses dark fibre in most connections and the optical transmission make it possible to provide point to point connections of different kindsat the requirement of the members.Switzerland SWITCH SWITCH moved offices to its new location in downtown Zürich at Werdstrasse 2, finally gathering all SWITCH employees under one roof.As a founding member of the newly established Swiss National Grid Association (SwiNG), SWITCH is making good progress in building up a grid infrastructure forthe Swiss universities.United Kingdom JANET(UK) Additional services added to the portfolio included JANET Txt service. We have undertaken a number of framework procurements which will benefit the UK’seducation and research community.The JANET Talk trial has been launched.Third Party services have been launched.We now allow commercial organisations to connect Halls of Residence over JANET.The further education funding council has agreed to provide the capital funding to upgrade the connection of English Further Education Colleges beyond 10Mbit/s.This is a major upgrade programme.20