The TEIN2 Network

TEIN2 has created the first large-scale research and education network for the Asia-Pacific region, linking the national networks in China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia at speeds of up to 1Gbps. The high-capacity network aims to bridge the digital divide between different countries across the region. Its dual routes from Asia to Europe provide important inter-regional resilience. The network operations centre (NOC) is run by Tsinghua University (China).

The network is part-funded by the European Union’s EuropeAid programme, which is contributing up to EUR10 million towards the costs of connecting partner countries. Additional support has been provided by the Japanese networks Maffin, NICT and NII, who are contributing regional connectivity; a link from Japan to North America is provided by TransPAC2. Further assistance comes from Juniper Networks, which is sponsoring the Internet routing equipment located in TEIN2’s three network hubs in Beijing, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The additional partner contributions have been crucial in meeting the partners' connectivity requirements within the project budget. Thanks to these additional inputs, it has been possible to provide the access capacities requested by all partners.