1. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org Global Connectivity Update GA8, Prague Steve Cotter, CEO Document Reference GA(16)022

2. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org November 2015 2 New connections and upgrades June 2016 New links and connectivity upgrades to Asia and North America

3. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 3 GÉANT network interconnections update Peering agreements signed for all new connections. Interconnection policy to be reviewed for GA9. Country/RegionPartnerCapacityDateComments Asia-PacificTEIN10GbpsNov-15 New peering SG - London, cofunded with Singapore National Supercomputing Center GeorgiaEaPConnect1GbpsJan-16New peering AlgeriaAfricaConnect2/ASREN2.5GbpsJan-16upgrade Algiers - Marseille ArmeniaEaPConnect1GbpsJan-16New peering North AmericaANA300GbpsFeb-16Access to increased capacity from joining ANA-300 JapanNII/SINET20GbpsApr-16 New peering Tokyo-London, 10Gbps MANLAN peering also retained Asia-PacificTEIN10GbpsMay-16upgrade Mumbai - Madrid KoreaKREONET/KISTI10GbpsMay-16New peering Seoul - London via Chicago Country/RegionPartnerCapacityDateComments IndiaNKN2 x 5GbpsQ2/3 2016New peering Mumbai - Amsterdam TunisiaAfricaConnect2/ASREN1GbpsQ3 2016New peering Tunis - Marseille AfghanistanAfgREN155MbpsQ3 2016 Existing peering expected to cease once new TEIN link connects Afghanistan Central AsiaCAREN1GbpsQ3 2016 Peering in Frankfurt to be resumed once next phase of CAREN is operational AfricaAfricaConnect2variousQ3 onwardsFurther interconnections expected as AC2 deploys Eastern Partnership EaPConnectvariousQ3 onwardsFurther interconnections expected as EaPConnect deploys Last 12 months Next 6-12 months

4. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org Funding Global Connectivity to the developing world receives generous funding support from the European Commission In the developing world this is done through DEVCO; in the European Neighbourhood through DG NEAR Up to 80% European Commission funding for the developing world Up to 95% European Commission funding for the European Neighbourhood Counter-contribution is collected from the regional partners – no GÉANT contribution Connectivity to the developed world is based on equal cost-share or reciprocity Manpower Provided through the GÉANT International Relations Team at 4FTE (Project management and Project Visibility) – funded entirely through the international projects Reporting: Regular Quarterly Reports on all international activities are available through the GN4 –NA1 Intranet 4 How is global connectivity funded?

5. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 5 EC funding received for international projects since 2002 Out of a total investment in International Connections of Euro 181M, the international partners have paid Euro 49M over the last 14 years to connect into regional networks and to GÉANT. RegionProjectDGYearsEC funding %EC funding Int. Partner contribution Managed by DANTE/GÉANT S&E Mediterranean EUMEDCONNECTNEAR2002-200780%€ 10,000,000€ 2,500,000Yes EUMEDCONNECT2NEAR2008-201154%€ 4,000,000€ 3,407,407Yes EUMEDCONNECT3NEAR2011-201636%€ 3,290,000€ 5,848,888Yes Latin America ALICEDEVCO2003-200880%€ 10,000,000€ 2,500,000Yes ALICE2DEVCO2008-201366%€ 12,000,000€ 6,181,818No, RedCLARA Central Asia CARENDEVCO2009-201380%€ 5,000,000€ 1,250,000Yes CAREN2DEVCO2013-201590%€ 3,200,000€ 355,555Yes Sub-Saharan Africa AfricaConnectDEVCO2011-201580%€ 11,800,000€ 2,950,000Yes E&S AfricaAfricaConnect2 - C1DEVCO2015 - 201875%€ 7,500,000€ 2,500,000 No, UbuntuNet Alliance W&C and North Africa AfricaConnect2 - C2-3 DEVCO2015 - 201875%€ 12,500,000€ 4,166,666Yes CaribbeanC@ribNETDEVCO via WB2011 - 2015100%€ 10,000,000€ 0No, CKLN Asia-Pacific TEIN2DEVCO2004-200880%€ 10,000,000€ 2,500,000Yes TEIN3DEVCO2008-201266%€ 11,800,000€ 6,078,787Yes TEIN4DEVCO2012-201650%€ 8,000,000 No, TEIN*CC Eastern Partnership EaPConnectNEAR2015-202095%€ 13,000,000€ 684,210Yes Total € 132,090,000€ 48,923,331

6. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org GÉANT: The best-connected R&E network Americas & the CaribbeanMiddle East & AfricaAsia & Oceania (cont.) CANARIE C@ribNET CEDIA CUDI ESNet INNOVA|RED Internet2 NISN (NASA) RAAP RAGIE RAICES RAU2 REACCIUN2 Red CoNARE RedCyT RENATA REUNA RNP Canada Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, BVI, Dominica, Dominican Rep., Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad Ecuador Mexico USA Argentina USA Peru Guatemala El Salvador Uruguay Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Colombia Chile Brazil ARN ENSTINET EUN JUNET KENET LERN MoRENet QNREN RENU RwEdNet SARInet TENET TERNET ZAMREN Asia & Oceania AARNet AfgREN ASGC BdREN CamREN CERNET CSTNET Algeria Egypt Jordan Kenya Lebanon Mozambique Qatar Uganda Rwanda Saudi Arabia South Africa Tanzania Zambia Australia Afghanistan Taiwan Bangladesh Cambodia China HARNET INHERENT/ITB JGN-X KREONET KOREN/NIA LEARN LERNET MAFFIN MYREN NASRA NKN NREN PERN2 PREGINET REANNZ SINET4/NII SingAREN ThaiREN TWAREN VINAREN Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Korea Sri Lanka Laos Japan Malaysia Armenia India Nepal Pakistan Philippines New Zealand Japan Singapore Thailand Taiwan Vietnam 67 countries and economies outside Europe reached by GÉANT http://global.geant.org/ 57 countries connected through the international projects

7. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 7 North America Transatlantic Connectivity: Multiple, diverse links provide almost 700Gbps R&E capacity between North America and Europe: 340Gbps – funded by ESnet through EEX 100Gbps – funded via GÉANT 30Gbps– funded through US NSF ACE project led by Indiana University (ends December 2016) New initiatives: ANA-300G, NSF NEAAR proposal

8. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 8 Japan & China https://www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en New 20Gpbs link between Europe and Japan serving over 50M users Operated by the National Institute of Informatics (NII) Also connects to GÉANT Open Exchange NII also a partner in TEIN www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en New 10Gbps EU-China link serving >81M users Direct connectivity for 10 years (2015-2025) Jointly funded by GÉANT and CERNET Seamless continuation of EU-funded ORIENTplus link www.orientplus.eu

9. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 9 Asia-Pacific and South Asia https://www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en R&E network for Asia-Pacific since 2006 Set up and run by GÉANT up to 2012 4th phase (up to Sept 16) managed by TEIN*CC in Korea, advised by GÉANT Over 55m users, 20 connected NRENs €8m EU co-funding (50%) TEIN5 (2016-2021) planned Afghanistan (currently connected directly to GÉANT) soon to join TEIN www.tein.asia ASGC (Taiwan): 10 Gbps to Amsterdam TWAREN (Taiwan): 10Gbps peering in New York KREONET/KISTI (South Korea): new 10Gbps link - Seoul to London via Chicago Other Links to Asia-Pacific Region

10. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 10 Latin America & Caribbean https://www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en Connects 13 Latin American NRENs 5-Gbps interconnection with GÉANT (Sao Paulo – London) Funded via NREN membership. Previously co- funded by DG-DEVCO ALICE and ALICE2 projects (2003-2013) Project collaborations: BELLA MAGIC (coordinated by RedCLARA) TANDEM www.redclara.net C@ribNET is run by Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN) Connects 15 Caribbean countries 155-Mbps connection to GÉANT (Santo Domingo-Paris) Previously funded by EC, CKLN working on regional sustainability www.ckln.org

11. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 11 Africa & The Mediterranean https://www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en Pan-African connectivity project 3.5 years (up to end of 2018) €20 EU co-funding (75%) 3 regional clusters and partners: Eastern & Southern Africa (UbuntuNet Alliance) West & Central Africa (WACREN) North Africa (ASREN) Updates WACREN Tender now open to build regional network Algeria link upgraded from 622Mbps to 2.5Gbps www.africaconnect2.net R&E network for Mediterranean since 2004 Currently in 3rd phase (up to end 2016) €3.3m EU co-funding (36%) Updates Lebanon & Jordan connected, Palestine eligible North African countries joined AfricaConnect2 in 2015 3 year further extension and 60% EU funding under discussion with EC QATAR and Saudi Arabia fund own links to GÉANT www.eumedconnect3.net

12. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 12 Central Asia and Eastern Partnership countries https://www.sinet.ad.jp/en/top-en R&E network for Central Asia (2010 – 2015) - 2 phases Beneficiaries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, (Uzbekistan as a candidate) To resume in 2016 and connect to the TEIN network once new EC funding contracted €8.2m EU co-funding so far http://caren.geant.org Connects R&E communities in Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine 2015-2020 with 13m EU co-funding (95%) Updates: Armenia and Georgia connected Azerbaijan and Belarus to connect soon 1st Eastern Partnership conference on e- Science 6-7 Oct 2016 in Tbilisi Call for research proposals open through Enlighten Your Research programme www.eapconnect.eu

13. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org CAREN3 3rd phase being finalised. Up to 10M Euro DG DEVCO funding to 2019. Initially supporting Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan with 4.5M Euro EC budget; Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan invited to join EUMEDCONNECT Current phase being extended to 2019 and DG NEAR funding being increased to 60%; supporting Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine BELLA (Building Europe Link to Latin America) BELLA aims to procure and operate spectrum on a direct submarine cable between Europe and Latin America, and roll out a 100Gbps network in Latin America. Funding is from EC (total of €25 million) and Latin American Partners. 13 More to come (i)

14. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org NSF IRNC Solicitation Led by Indiana University, GÉANT and the three African regional partners (ASREN, the UbuntuNet Alliance & WACREN) have submitted proposal to NSF IRNC solicitation for connectivity to Europe and Africa; NSF has recently asked Indiana University for clarifications on aspects of the proposal If successful, proposal will ensure continued Transatlantic funding replacing current ACE project links funded by NSF TEIN5: New phase 2016–2021 being prepared with up to 20M Euro DG DEVCO funding To be contracted with TEIN*CC Continuing advisory role for GÉANT foreseen 14 More to come (ii)

15. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org Showcasing the impact of R&E networks across the globe Open to contributions from NRENs / RRENs around the world To date over 80 stories featuring more than 40 networks across 6 continents (20% GÉANT stories) Visitor traffic from over 130 countries A truly global collaboration (initiated within the Global CEOs Forum and led by AARNet) 15 www.inthefieldstories.net

16. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 16 North America traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: +93% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): +67%

17. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 17 Latin America & Caribbean traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: +32% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): +31%

18. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 18 Eastern and Southern Africa traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: +52% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): +82%

19. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 19 North Africa & Middle East traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: +4% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): +73%

20. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 20 Central Asia & Afghanistan traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: -4% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): -95% (due to disconnection of CAREN NRENs)

21. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 21 Asia-Pacific & Southern Asia Traffic Monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: -No overall change 2015 to 2016 (to end May): -14%

22. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 22 All together now… Aggregate global monthly average - Jan 2014 to May 2016 Annual traffic growth: 2014 to 2015: +73% 2015 to 2016 (to end May): +57%

23. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 23 Top-talking European NRENs Global traffic (ingress & egress), May 2016

24. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org Global Network Architecture (GNA) The GNA is: an “architecture” to facilitate more cooperative interaction among R&E networks in the delivery of network services to the global R&E community Achieved by the global R&E Network community contributing resources to: Defining a blueprint that R&E Networks can use to align their investments in intercontinental circuits To ensure that: R&E Networks can better meet the expectations and requirements of their member institutions and funders, and have more service for the same amount of money by Co-investing Sharing resources Levering each other’s services

25. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org GNA Artist’s Impression

26. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org GNA to-date June 2016 GNA Technical WG: now over 30 network engineers from R&E Network organizations around world (Europe, Australia, North & South America, Asia, and Africa), now working on: Network Services Defintions Information Architecture Framework The Commons Creation of publicly reviewed framework documents Web site (background and documents) Getting real life feedback from Path Finders, e.g. ANA-300G, and using this experience in next versions of documents

27. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org GNA Website - http://gna-re.net/

28. Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org Thank you Networks ∙ Services ∙ People www.geant.org 28 steve.cotter@geant.org Any Questions ?