Welcome to the TEIN2 Media Centre

This area of the TEIN2 website provides information on the TEIN2 project likely to be of interest to the media, including press releases and news articles about the project.

Key Messages

• TEIN2 is an ASEM success story
  
  
• Continuity: extends success of initial bilateral France-Korea initiative (TEIN1) to regional level
  
  
• Establishes first intra-regional R&E network in Asia-Pacific
  
  
• Via GÉANT2, it enables world-class EU-Asian R&E collaboration
  
  
• Asia-Europe traffic no longer via North America: TEIN2 provides direct and fast route to Europe
  
  
• Strengthens links between Asia and Europe
  
  
• Promotes digital inclusion in the region
  
  
• Drives innovative applications with high societal impact
  
  
• Fosters regional development and social cohesion in Asia
  
  
• Validates EC’s strategy of extending global research networking
  
  
• Prepares the ground for long term sustainable research networking in Asia-Pacific
  
  
• Future funding, beyond 2007, crucial to guarantee consistency and further geographical extension of network