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25 April | 2017CAREN project brings Gigabit-speed connectivity to Central AsiaResearchers, academics and students in Central Asia and Europe are already starting to benefit from the recent deployment of a ring of 1 Gbps circuits for research and education (R&E) across the regions
14 October | 2016 Empowering network engineers around the world: GÉANT and NSRC renew partnershipGÉANT and network engineering training provider NSRC have recently signed a new MoU to further expand joint activities in support of technical capacity building in emerging regions
11 August | 2016Tender for international connectivity for CAREN3 now open! Supplier companies wishing to participate in the connectivity tender for the new CAREN network will need to register at the GÉANT procurement portal at www.geant-procurement.net to access the tender documents and description. The closing date for responses is 5 September 2015
11 July | 2016R&E connectivity project in Central Asia rebooted Over 500,000 researchers, academics and students across Central Asia stand to benefit from the launch of the 3rd phase of the EU-funded Central Asia Research and Education Network (CAREN) project which resumes regional R&E connectivity after the previous project phase ended in August 2015.
27 October | 2015“In The Field with research and education networks” blog is now live!The blog was developed by Jane Gifford (AARNet) and launched as part of the Global PR network activities.
22 April | 2015CAREN and Hanns-Seidel Foundation join forces to promote democracy and rule of lawStudents at the Institute of Public Administration under the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan participated in a lecture by Prof. Ursula Männle, Chair of the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
25 March | 2015Connectivity tender for new CAREN network publishedSupplier companies wishing to participate in the connectivity tender will need to register at the GÉANT procurement portal.
10 December | 2014Internet Society hosts first Central Asian SymposiumPartnering with Kyrgyz Republic stakeholders to develop regional Internet infrastructure.
10 October | 2014DANTE and TERENA join forces to become the GÉANT AssociationIn response to the community of Europe’s national research and education networking organisations’ (NRENs’) wishes, the GÉANT Association has been formed by re-organising TERENA and DANTE under a unified governance structure
01 October | 2014Innovative Internet drives collaborative EU-Central Asian research and educationR&E networking conference in Almaty celebrates achievements of CAREN network.
01 May | 2014Major international conferenceCAREN network upgrade boosts connectivity for medical doctors, scientists and students.
05 December | 2013Afghanistan’s universities accelerate on the virtual Silk Road High-speed Internet links for research and education announced.
25 June | 2013DANTE and NSRC team up to narrow the global digital divideMoU signed to formalise cooperation in support of connecting the least connected.
06 March | 2013DANTE pushing towards world’s first 100G transatlantic networkDANTE, representing the pan-European GÉANT network, and the America Connects to Europe project (ACE), managed by Indiana University, have launched a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to progress the implementation of the first ever 100G (gigabits per second) transatlantic links for the research and education community.
26 June | 2012Kazakhstan spearheading future Internet in Central AsiaCelebrating World IPv6 Launch Day at the beginning of this month, Kazakhstan becomes the first Central Asian country to join the global deployment of the future Internet addressing system, known as IPv6.

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