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National research and education network

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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.
NameType
Internet2national
National LambdaRailnational [closed]
vBNSnational [closed]
Edge state (New Jersey)
ESnetnational
NERENregional (New England)
CAAREN regional (Washington metropolitan area)
CENICstate (California)
CENstate (Connecticut)
NERENregional (Midwest)
Illinois Century Networkstate (Illinois)
KanRENstate (Kansas)
LEARNstate (Texas) [4]
Merit Networkstate (Michigan)
NEROstate (Oregon)
NCRENstate (North Carolina)
NYSERNetstate (New York)
OARnetstate (Ohio)
OneNetstate (Oklahoma)
OSHEANstate (Rhode Island)
PeachNetstate (Georgia)
PennRENstate (Pennsylvania)
THEnetstate (Texas) [5]
UENstate (Utah)
WVNETstate (West Virginia)
WiscNet state (Wisconsin)
  • Canada
NameType
CANARIEnational
ACORN-NLprovincial (Newfoundland and Labrador)
ACORN-NSprovincial (Nova Scotia)
BCNETprovincial (British Columbia)
Cyberaprovincial (Alberta)
GTAnetprovincial (Ontario)
ECNprovincial (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
MRnetprovincial (Manitoba) [6]
ORIONprovincial (Ontario)
RISQprovincial (Quebec)
SRNetprovincial (Saskatchewan)

Latin America

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High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA and REUNA.[7]

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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  1. ↑ "GÉANT Services". 2025-04-08.
  2. ↑ "NRENs driving digital transformation in the Western Balkans". 2025-04-08.
  3. ↑ National Research Council (U.S.). National Research Network Review Committee, Leonard Kleinrock; et al. (1988). Toward a National Research Network. National Academies. ISBN 9780309581257.
  4. ↑ "LEARN: Lonestar Education and Research Network". Tx-learn.org. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. ↑ "The Higher Education Network". www.the.net.[permanent dead link]
  6. ↑ "MRnet Manitoba Research Network - Enhancing Education and Research Through Advanced High Speed Optical Networks". Mrnet.mb.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  7. ↑ "New High-speed Fibre Optic Data Link to ALMA". www.eso.org. European Southern Observatory. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "CEENet - Central and Eastern European Networking Associations". 2012-04-03. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  9. ↑ "Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research".
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