[AARNet] Organisers of the 29th Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium meeting (APAN) held in Sydney earlier this week are claiming a handful of Australian and world firsts. More
The CSIRO has published a request for tender for the construction and installation of more than 350 kilometres of fibre optic cable in Western Australia.
Tender documentation will be available from the Australian National Research and Education Network (AARNet) from Monday 15 February 2010. The project is expected to commence in May. More
Southern Cross Cable Networks (SCCN) has given Australia’s research and scientific community a boost by extending its sponsorship agreement with AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network for the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research Test bed (SXTransPORT). This was announced today at the opening ceremony of the 29th Asia Pacific Advanced Networking Consortium meeting in Sydney. More
AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network has joined forces with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Open Systems Consultants to install local wireless networks in Papua New Guinea to connect with the Internet via satellite to the rest of the world. More