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GN3 is the successor of the previous GEANT and GEANT 2 projects which began a third term in April 2009, and are due to continue for four years. GÉANT is co-funded by 34 European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and the EC under the EU's 7th R&D framework programme.
The previous GÉANT project which ended early 2009, was mainly focussed on building the high capacity network itself. Now that this infrastructure has been completed, the current GÉANT project is focussed on developing and rolling out tools and services to enable the research and education community to get the best performance possible from the network.
GÉANT’s key objectives are to:
• Deliver real value and benefit to society by enabling research communities across Europe (and the world) to transform the way they collaborate on ground-breaking research
• Operate and expand the European backbone network, interconnecting NRENs through high bandwidth links
• Develop and support the GÉANT Service Area, a portfolio of advanced multi-domain network support services, and provide a portfolio of end-user application services for NRENs to deliver to users to ensure seamless network performance
• Pursue initiatives targeted at closing the “digital divide” of research and education networking in Europe and investigate emerging technologies that will help shape the future Internet
The GÉANT backbone network connects 34 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), which together deliver seamless connectivity to an estimated 40 million research and education users in 3,500 institutions across 38 European countries.
ULAKBIM actively participates in the Joint Research and Service Activities in the third stage of the GEANT project.
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