The Works of DANTE - Issue 6

TERENA 2006 Compendium – A clearer view of networking trends

 The 2006 TERENA Compendium has been published. The Compendium contains summary information and analysis of the data collected from close to 50 NRENs in Europe and the Mediterranean. For the first time, this year’s Compendium also includes some information from the NRENs of countries outside of Europe.

Key findings this year include:

• Increasing number of universities connected at gigabit speeds
  
  
• Connecting schools to the Internet via the NRENs is high on the agenda of many countries
  
  
• Increasing number of NRENs investing in dark fibre for network provision
  
  
• Network traffic continues to grow with a convergence in growth rates between “old” and “new” EU member states
  
  
• Networking services are receiving more attention from the NRENs.

The TERENA Compendium is also available from the TERENA website in PDF form (ISSN 1569-4496). http://www.terena.nl/activities/compendium/