Belnet TF-MSP Belnet – Pierre BRUYERE Brussels – 1 March 2011

2Belnet presentation1 March 2011 History 1992: decision to start BELNET within the Federal Science Policy Office: “To solve the communication problems of the research community” August 1993: first operational network (IP, 64kBit/s) Budget 1M€, 3 people

3Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Today BELNET is an autonomously managed federal service resorting under the Federal Science Policy Office: – Own budget and accounting system – Grant from Science Policy Office : 8M€ – Ability to invoice services – Own personnel (50) – Own internal organisation

4Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Organization chart Management committee

5Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Main activities Research network & services BNIX FedMAN Cert.be

6Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Budget 2011 : 13.8 M€

Belnet Network

8Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Belnet backbone

9Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Network services 42 x 10Gbit/s BELNET POP Optical fibre Optical private network and Light path Internet OPN A Application X

10Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Research Network 22 PoPs 200 institutions, 240 connections More than end-users 1650 km of fibre 4 x 42 x 10 Gbit/s transmission capacity 50 Gbit/s commercial Internet 24/7 NOC (outsourced) Third line support by BELNET

Services

12Belnet presentation1 March 2011 Services

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