The Ecuadorian Academic Network - problems faced and opportunities for development CEDIA C onsorcio E cuatoriano para el D esarrollo de I nternet A vanzado Enrique Peláez Executive Director

Agenda 1. Context – Mission 2. History 3. CEDIA’s infrastructure 4. Action results 5. Next steps

Context South America ~13 million people 21 Provinces, 12 of them are touched by fiber 66 Universities 32 R&D Institutions ~15 main ISPs that share still a limited fo infrastructure

Ecuadorian Academic Network – CEDIA Milestones March 15, 2002 – first national meeting to discuss about the next generation of Internet and Internet2, 38 Institutions participated in this meeting. March 26, 2002 – second meeting with international participation from Internet2, CUDI and RNP.  September 18, 2002 – CEDIA was officially created by the President (e) of Ecuador - Eng. Pedro Pinto and the participation of 7 Universities, 2 Research Institutions and 2 Government Agencies.  October 2002 – Ecuador signed the MoU with UCAID – Internet 2, at the Internet2 member meeting in Los Angeles. January 10, 2003 – CEDIA’s Statute was signed and registered at the Education and Culture Ministry of Ecuador.

CEDIA’s Mission “Promote and coordinate the development of the advance research network, focus in academic, scientific and technology development and innovation of Ecuador”.

Ecuadorian Academic Network – CEDIA Milestones June 2002 – Ecuador joins the CLARA – Phase A, Project December 2003 – international meeting organized by OAS in Quito, to discussed about Information Society and Advance Academic Networks and raise awareness about connectivity to advance academic networks and access to information  February 2004 – starts negotiations with Transelectric to get access to the national fiber optic infrastructure.  March 2004 – deployment of first version of CEDIA network started March 2004 – CEDIA signs the participation in CLARA – Phase B, Project.  September 2004 – call for providing connectivity to CEDIA members

Ecuadorian Academic Network – CEDIA Milestones  October 2004 – selection of the ISP for the connectivity of CEDIA members and its national backbone.  January, March 2005 – starts operation of the CEDIA network September 2005 – CEDIA signs an Inter Institutional Agreement with Transelectric, for using its fiber optic infrastructure.  End 2005 – CEDIA’s fiber optic national network will start operation.

CEDIA Members (September 2005) 1. Fundación para la Ciencia y la Tecnología – FUNDACYT 2. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo – ESPOCH 3. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Ejército – ESPE 4. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral – ESPOL 5. Escuela Superior Politécnica Nacional – EPN 6. Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil – UCSG 7. Instituto Nacional de Pesca – INP 8. Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador – INOCAR 9. Universidad Nacional de Loja – UNL 10. Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja - UTPL 11. Universidad de Cuenca – UC 12. Universidad del Pacífico – UP 13. Universidad Central del Ecuador – UCE 14. Consejo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones – CONATEL 15. Universidad Técnica Equinoccial – UTE 16. Universidad Internacional del Ecuador – UIE 17. Universidad de San Francisco de Quito – USFQ 18. Universidad Técnica de Ambato – UTA 19. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ibarra – PUCI 20. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo – PUCSD 21. Universidad Técnica de Milagro – UTMI 22. Universidad Nacional del Chimborazo – UNACH 23. Universidad Técnica de Manabí – UTM 24. Universidad de Manabí – UM

ESPE UTE UCE CONATEL FUNDACYT ANC QUITO EPN UC INP ESPOCH UCSG UIE UP CUENCA LOJA RIOBAMBA GUAYAQUIL ESPOL AMBATO INOCAR UNL UTPL TRONCAL NACIONAL – 10 MPBS 10 MBPS National Backbone Leaf connections National Academic Network – CEDIA First Phase – March/2005 USFQ PUCE UTA UEG

Panamerican Cable Interconnects 3 of the main cities of Ecuador Although the capacity for Ecuador is saturated, CEDIA is in the process of getting access through this cable to redCLARA

ESPE UTE UCE CONATEL FUNDACYT ANC QUITO EPN UC INP ESPOCH UCSG UIE UP CUENCA LOJA RIOBAMBA GUAYAQUIL ESPOL AMBATO INOCAR UNL UTPL TRONCAL NACIONAL – 45 MPBS 10 MBPS National Academic Network – CEDIA Second Phase – September/October 2005 USFQ PUCE UTA UEG SALINAS PUNTA CARNERO – SANTIAGO TRONCAL INTERNACIONAL – 10 – 45 MPBS International connectivity

ESPE UTE UCE CONATEL FUNDACYT ANC QUITO EPN IBARRA UC INP ESMERALDAS STO.DOMINGO ESPOCH CIIFEN UCSG UIE UP PORTOVIEJO CUENCA LOJA QUEVEDO SALINAS RIOBAMBA GUAYAQUIL ESPOL AMBATO INOCAR UNL UTPL PUNTA CARNERO – SANTIAGO TRONCAL NACIONAL – 45 Mbps TRONCAL NACIONAL – 34 MPBS TRONCAL INTERNACIONAL – 45 MPBS 10 MBPS 34 MBPS 10 MBPS Ring based on Transelectric infrastructure International second link National Academic Network – CEDIA Third Phase – May/2006 USFQ PUCE UTA UEG Cartagena – Panamá TULCAN National Backbone

CEDIA’s Backbone

Action results and opportunities As a result of the joint national tender, there was a 69% average reduction in prices. US$ monthly for 17 Mbps (asymmetric) – down to US$ for 34 Mbps (full duplex, fo) Increase 100% in capacity in every member, and standardize the minimum bandwidth. Use the remaining funds to cover 20% of CLARA project Routers and switches are in place in each Institution member of CEDIA, most of which were provided by the NSRC Center from the UO. Training Advance networks, administration, security, operations and applications. Awareness for application development and identification of groups of interest. Inter institutional agreement with Transelectric for accessing its fiber infrastructure

Next steps Link the Ecuadorian scientific community for application development with the international scientific community. Areas of Interest: 1. Tele medicine & Tele education 2. Digital Libraries 3. El Niño events 4. Hidrogeodynamic events 5. Environment and biodiversity (Galápagos) 6. Material Science 7. Biotechnology First version of CEDIA’s network was developed with the help of international partners, such as: UO-NSRC, NSF, ICA, IDRC- CRDI, CISCO, CISCO Press, O’Reilly. Second version will be developed with the help from Transelectric. Update the technology in the 3 main nodes of CEDIA’s network, and some Institutions. First – last mille will need to be resolved from each Member Institution to the Transelectric substations.

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