- UNINETT
Infobox Company
company_name = UNINETT AS
company_
company_type = State owned
foundation =
location =Trondheim ,Norway
key_people =
area_served =Norway
industry =Telecommunications
products =
revenue = profit NOK 164 million (2005)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 71 (2007)
parent =Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.uninett.no www.uninett.no ]
footnotes =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.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 viaNORDUnet . UNINETT and NORDUnet are both part of theInternet .The main links are now being upgraded to 10Gbit/s between the major cities eg Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, TrondheimNorid , thetop-level domain registry for the TLDs.no ,.bv , and.sj , is a part ofUNINETT .External links
* [http://www.uninett.no/index.en.html UNINETT web site] , including interactive maps over connections and their usage
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