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The FEAST Project Status and Future GA Meeting 31 11-12 June 2009 M á laga, Spain John DYER TERENA

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1 The FEAST Project Status and Future GA Meeting 31 11-12 June 2009 M á laga, Spain John DYER TERENA dyer@terena.org

2 Slide 2 The FEAST Project ›10 month feasibility studystart Dec 2008 ends Oct 2009 ›Paving the way for Africa-Connect ›Contractor: KTH, Sweden ›Partners:DANTE & TERENA ›Supporting NRENsDFN FCCN, HEANET, JANET(UK) RENATER, others ›Funded by DG-INFSO service contract

3 Slide 3 FEAST Activities ›Accessing NREN readiness › Survey (similar to compendium) – TERENA ›Visits DANET and KTH ›Accessing the telecommunications market ›KTH and DANTE ›Roadmap ›DANTE › Dissemination and Support – TERENA ›Workshops: Brussels, Kampala ›Website, Brochure ›Mobilizing European NREN support - twining

4 Slide 4 Planned International Connectivity

5 Slide 5 East Africa Backhaul System EASSy

6 Slide 6 Northern Backhaul SEAMEWE3 Existing Optic Fiber New Fiber Northern backhaul essentially complete Port Sudan EASSy

7 Slide 7 Southern Backhaul SAFE SAT-3 / WASC TdM FSS Existing Fiber New Fiber Network linking Namibia and Zambia is complete Construction commenced by ZamTel linking Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Malawi, Congo and Tanzania completion in the fourth quarter of 2009 EASSy

8 Slide 8 Western Backhauls

9 Slide 9 Challenges for Africa ›Shortage of skilled human resource ›Limited understanding of roles and benefits of RENs ›Disabling Policy and regulatory environments ›Cherry picking by service providers › Geography – Africa is huge and remote

10 Slide 10 FEAST to AfricaConnect ›FEAST is paving the way for AfricaConnect ›AfricaConnect ›1 st project of the Lighthouse programme project in the AUC-EC 8 th partnership › 15M € Budget - 2009-2012 › EC contributes 12M € › Beneficiaries 3M € › Connectivity for academic peering 11M € › Capacity building of human resources 2M € › Application development to stimulate usage 2M €

11 Slide 11 How can European NRENs help ›Twining, mentoring.... ›Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda ›DFN, HEANET, BELNET, FCCN, RENATER, JANET(UK) Please consider being a partner in this activity ›Applications Availability of affordable reliable bandwidth Brining benefits for Africa and Europe Raising awareness of possibilities Global collaboration on equal footing

12 Slide 12 www.feast-project.org

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