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Encyclopedia > UNINETT
UNINETT AS
Type State owned
Founded
Headquarters Trondheim, Norway
Area served Flag of Norway Norway
Industry Telecommunications
Revenue NOK 164 million (2005)
Employees 71 (2007)
Parent Norwgian Ministry of Education and Research
Website www.uninett.no

UNINETT is a Norwegian government-owned company responsible for deploying and maintaining a national research based computer network (often referred to as "Uninett"). They also conduct network research and pilot projects related to high speed connectivity. All of Norway's colleges and universities are connected, and any non-commercial research or educational institution such as libraries, archives and schools may be connected for a yearly fee. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about state ownership. ... County District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2003-) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code NOK User(s) Norway Inflation 2. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... For the scientific and engineering discipline studying computer networks, see Computer networking. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


The backbones of UNINETT are typically 1 or 2.5 Gbit/s fibre optic links. For institutions not near the backbone, the maximum capacity is 155 Mbit/s. UNINETT is connected to other similar networks in Nordic countries via NORDUnet. UNINETT and NORDUnet are both part of the Internet. The main links are now beeing upgraded to 10Gbit/s between the major citys eg Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, Trondheim Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... NORDUnet is an international collaboration between the Nordic national computer networks for research and education. ...


External links

  • UNINETT web site, including interactive maps over connections and their usage

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