1. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 TEIN2 Overview David West TEIN2 Project Manager DANTE Slide 1

2. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Structure Background/progress Topology Next Steps Slide 2

3. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 TEIN2 Partners Beneficiaries: China (CERNET), Indonesia (ITB), Malaysia (MDC), Philippines (ASTI), Thailand (ThaiREN), Vietnam (MOST) Non Beneficiaries: Japan (APAN-JP, MAFFIN, NICT, NII), Korea (KISDI), Singapore (SingAREN) Third Parties: AARNet, Academia Sinica European: France (RENATER), Netherlands (SURFnet), UK (UKERNA) Contracting Partner: DANTE Slide 3

4. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Modalities European Commission funding up to 10 M Euro/80% funding for beneficiaries, others participate at own cost EC has contracted DANTE to manage TEIN2 up to Dec 2007 TEIN2 Technical Committee provides forum for project partners, met 7 times since May 2004 Slide 4

5. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Project History Oct 2000 Trans-Eurasia Information Network endorsed by ASEM 3, Seoul Nov 2001 Seoul – Paris link starts (“TEIN1”) Mar 2003 EC studies for TEIN 2 nd phase start (“TEIN2”) Jan 2004 TEIN2 Information Day held, Brussels May 2004 EC/DANTE TEIN2 contract starts Oct 2004 TEIN2 planning studies completed Dec 2004 TEIN2 network procurement begins Slide 5

6. 622 155 45 155 TEIN2 Proposed Topology Step 1 PH VN TH CN ID MY 45 SG JP HK (tba) EU 622 KR AU Slide 6

7. 622 155 45 155 TEIN2 Proposed Topology Step 2 PH VN TH CN ID MY 45 622 SG JP HK 622 (tba) North America Via TransPAC2 (tba) EU 622 KR AU Slide 7

8. 622 155 45 155 TEIN2 Proposed Topology Step 3 PH VN TH CN ID MY 45 3 x 622 SG JP HK 622 (tba) North America Via TransPAC2 (tba) EU 622 4 x 155 KR AU Slide 8

9. 622 155 45 155 TEIN2 Proposed Topology PH VN TH CN ID MY 45 3 x 622 SG JP HK 622 (tba) North America Via TransPAC2 (tba) EU 622 4 x 155 KR AU Slide 9

10. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Topology Benefits Provides requested connection capacities for beneficiaries SG/JP/HK intra-Asian ring for resilience N and S routes to Europe for efficient routings and resilience Transit via TransPAC2 to N America for direct N American traffic and additional back up to Europe Utilises donors’ contributions effectively Multiple hubs give flexibility for additional connections Maximises use of EC funds Principles supported by TEIN2 partners Slide 10

11. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 TEIN2 NOC TEIN2 NOC service formally tendered under European procurement rules Contract being awarded to Tsinghua University (CERNET NOC provider) TEIN2 NOC to be based in Hong Kong Co-operative working with APAN-NOC and other partner NOCs to be established Slide 11

12. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Next Steps Underway: Secure partner commitments for first 12 months operation Finalise service provider contracts Finalise engineering planning Then: Network implementation RFS from December 2005 Slide 12

13. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Conclusions Benefits of TEIN2 coming soon! Helping reduce the Digital Divide in Asia Improving Asia-Europe connections Working with APAN and major Asian and global partners to build and sustain a strong Asian R&E infrastructure Slide 13

14. 20 th APAN Meeting, Taipei 23/27 August 2005 TEIN-05-107 Thank you! David West david.west@dante.org.uk www.tein2.net/ Slide 14