National research and education network

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Template:SHORTDESC: A national research and education network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country.

It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects.

In recent years, with the widespread availability of high-speed internet services, their importance has diminished, although many NRENs have expanded their remit of services to include areas such as trust and identity, security, automation, and cloud offerings,[1] while others have evolved into fully fledged digital transformation agencies for their respective national governments.[2]

List of NRENs by geographic area

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East and Southern Africa

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North Africa

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West and Central Africa

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Asia Pacific

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North America

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  • United States – although advocated since the 1980s,[3] the U.S. does not have one single NREN.
Name Type
Internet2 national
National LambdaRail national [closed]
vBNS national [closed]
Edge state (New Jersey)
ESnet national
NEREN regional (New England)
CAAREN regional (Washington metropolitan area)
CENIC state (California)
CEN state (Connecticut)
NEREN regional (Midwest)
Illinois Century Network state (Illinois)
KanREN state (Kansas)
LEARN state (Texas) [4]
Merit Network state (Michigan)
NERO state (Oregon)
NCREN state (North Carolina)
NYSERNet state (New York)
OARnet state (Ohio)
OneNet state (Oklahoma)
OSHEAN state (Rhode Island)
PennREN state (Pennsylvania)
THEnet state (Texas) [5]
UEN state (Utah)
WVNET state (West Virginia)
WiscNet state (Wisconsin)
  • Canada
Name Type
CANARIE national
ACORN-NL provincial (Newfoundland and Labrador)
ACORN-NS provincial (Nova Scotia)
BCNET provincial (British Columbia)
Cybera provincial (Alberta)
GTAnet provincial (Ontario)
ECN provincial (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
MRnet provincial (Manitoba) [6]
ORION provincial (Ontario)
RISQ provincial (Quebec)
SRNet provincial (Saskatchewan)

Latin America

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Caribbean

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  • C@ribNET - Caribbean NREN
  • TTRENT - Trinidad and Tobago NREN
  • JREN - Jamaica NREN
  • RADEI - NREN of the Dominican Republic

Europe

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Nordic countries

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Middle East

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Central Asia

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See also

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References

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