The FEAST Project

Status and Future

GA Meeting 3111-12 June 2009Málaga, Spain

John DYER

TERENA

dyer@terena.org

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The FEAST Project

› 10 month feasibility study start Dec 2008ends Oct 2009

› Paving the way for Africa-Connect

› Contractor: KTH, Sweden

› Partners: DANTE & TERENA

› Supporting NRENs DFNFCCN, HEANET, JANET(UK)RENATER, others

› Funded by DG-INFSO service contract

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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

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Planned International Connectivity

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East Africa Backhaul System

EASSy

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Northern Backhaul

SEAMEWE3Existing

Optic FiberNew Fiber• Northern backhaul

essentially completePort Sudan

EASSy

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Southern Backhaul

SAFE

SAT-3 / WASC

TdM FSS

Existing Fiber

New Fiber

•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

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Western Backhauls

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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

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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€

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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 EuropeRaising awareness of possibilitiesGlobal collaboration on equal footing

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www.feast-project.org