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The FEAST Project Status and Future

The FEAST Project Status and Future. GA Meeting 31 11-12 June 2009 M á laga, Spain John DYER TERENA dyer@terena.org. The FEAST Project. 10 month feasibility study start Dec 2008 ends Oct 2009 Paving the way for Africa-Connect Contractor: KTH, Sweden Partners: DANTE & TERENA

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The FEAST Project Status and Future

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  1. The FEAST ProjectStatus and Future GA Meeting 31 11-12 June 2009 Málaga, Spain John DYER TERENA dyer@terena.org

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

  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. Planned International Connectivity

  5. East Africa Backhaul System EASSy

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

  7. 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 SAT-3 / WASC TdM FSS Existing Fiber New Fiber SAFE Southern Backhaul

  8. Western Backhauls

  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. FEAST to AfricaConnect • FEAST is paving the way for AfricaConnect • AfricaConnect • 1st project of the Lighthouse programme project in the AUC-EC 8th 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. 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. www.feast-project.org

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