The Works of DANTE - Issue 3

GÉANT Upgrades and New Connections

Bulgaria directly connected to GÉANT!

On 18 March 2005, our Bulgarian partner, the Information Society Technologies Foundation (ISTF), became directly connected to the GÉANT network.

The new link is connected at 155Mbps to Sofia, and smoothes the way for increased collaboration between the Bulgarian academic community and their European colleagues. The move will also support the work of the ISTF to facilitate the integration of Bulgarian educational, research and cultural resources into the international arena.  

With support from the DANTE operations team, the link between Sofia and Budapest started production use at 01:00 EET. DANTE would like to welcome ISTF in becoming the latest directly-connected member of the GÉANT network. Prior to this new, direct connection, the link to Bulgaria was kept active by GRNET and the SEEREN partners.

A partner in GÉANT since January 2004, ISTF is also one of 32 project partners in GÉANT2, which will provide connections to a total of 34 European countries.

For further information on ISTF, please visit their website at www.ist.bg

Estonia upgrades its GÉANT link

A recent upgrade to the Estonia connection to GÉANT (Tallin-Stockholm) has resulted in an increase in capacity from 155Mbps to 622Mbps.