National research and education network
A national research and education network (NREN) is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country. It is usually distinguished by support for a high-speed backbone network, often offering dedicated channels for individual research projects. In recent years NRENs have developed many 'above the net' services. UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking - the Alliance of NRENs of East and Southern Africa Eb@le - DRC NREN EthERNet - Ethiopian NREN iRENALA - Malagasy NREN KENET - Kenyan NREN MAREN - Malawian NREN MoRENet - Mozambican NREN RENU - Ugandan NREN RwEdNet - Rwanda NREN SomaliREN - Somali NREN SudREN - Sudanese NREN TENET/SANReN - South African NREN TERNET - Tanzanian NREN Xnet - Namibian NREN ZAMREN - Zambian NREN ASREN - Arab States Research and Education Network TUREN - Tunisian NREN MARWAN - Moroccan NREN ENREN - Egyptian NREN ARN (Algeria) - Algerian NREN SudREN - Sudanese NREN SomaliREN - Somali NREN WACREN - West and Central African Research and Education Network GARNET - Ghanaian NREN TogoRER - Togolese NREN GhREN - Ghanaian NREN MaliREN - Mali NREN Niger-REN - Nigerien NREN RITER - Côte d'Ivoire NREN SnRER - Senegalese NREN NgREN - Nigerian NREN Eko-Konnect Research and Education Network - Nigerian NREN LRREN - Liberia Research and Education Network APAN - Asia-Pacific Advanced Network AARNet - Australian NREN AfgREN - Afghanistan NREN BDREN - Bangladeshi NREN CSTNET - China Science and Technology Network CERNET - China Education and Research Network ERNET - Indian NREN HARNET - Hong Kong NREN KOREN - Korean NREN KREONET- Korean NREN IDREN - Indonesian NREN LEARN - Sri Lankan NREN SINET - Japanese NREN MYREN - Malaysian NREN NKN - Indian NREN NREN - Nepal NREN NREN - Islamic Republic of Iran NREN REANNZ - New Zealand NREN PERN - Pakistani NREN PREGINET - Philippine NREN SingAREN - Singaporean NREN TWAREN - Taiwanese NREN UniNet - Thai NREN VinaRen - Vietnamese NREN CamREN- Cambodia NREN TEIN - Trans Eurasia Information Network United States – although advocated since the 1980s, the U.