1. New Zealand’s Advanced Network Charles Jarvie, Implementation Manager, MoRST charles.jarvie@morst.govt.nz Matthew Laurenson, HortResearch

2. Project Status 2004 Cabinet funding approval May 2004 Network Architecture - Aug 2004 Network Use Policy - Sep 2004 Request For Information closed Nov 2004 Implementation Scenario selected Dec 2004 See http://www.ngi.org.nz/

3. Capability Building Network technical skills required now Middleware and application skills and development in 2005 Must reactivate historic international relationships

4. Christchurch Auckland Wellington Dunedin Sydney 2,300 km Japan 15,000 km Hawaii 8,000 km California 12,000 km International Interconnection

5. PoP architecture allows interconnection & separation

6. Government’s Digital Strategy Objectives: … To connect the research and education sector to the broader innovation community for pre-commercial, R&D based collaboration …

7. Challenges Government’s Digital Strategy has broader objectives than Advanced Networking Infrastructure-based carriers have concerns about NRENs Procurement process has limited information exchange until now Unlike US, no surplus fibre from dot.bomb