R36 million broadband project launched

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Cable R36 million broadband project launched The Meraka Institute and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have announced the completion of the Tshwane broadband network.

The R36 million network forms part of the South African National Research Network (SANReN) –a high speed network that aims to connect more than 200 research and tertiary sites around the country with one another as well as with international research and education organisations around the globe.

SANReN provides international connectivity via the SEACOM submarine cable through an arrangement with SANReN’s operating partner TENET.

According to government, the SANReN Tshwane fibre optic network was completed earlier this year. The 245 kilometre Pretoria link constitutes a dark fibre network installed by DARK Fibre Africa - which was awarded the contract for this part of the SANReN network.

The Tshwane link connects a number of institutions, including the CSIR, UNISA, the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, HSRC, Waterkloof Air Force Base, the SA Weather Bureau, the Innovation Hub, the University of Pretoria (UP) including UP Onderstepoort and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).

By the end of 2012, a total of R 783 million is expected to have been invested by the DST to complete the SANReN network roll-out.

The Durban link cost an estimated R25 million and is approximately 80km in length. It connects the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban University of Technology, CSIR, Human Sciences Research Council, Medical Research Council, UNISA and a number of other institutions.

The entire network architecture consists of a national backbone connecting Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London on a Gigabits per second network

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