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, with the widespread availability of high-speed internet services, their importance has diminished, although many NRENs have expanded their remit of services to include areas such as trust and identity, security, automation, and cloud offerings, while others have evolved into fully fledged digital transformation agencies for their respective national governments.
List of NRENs by geographic area
East and Southern Africa
North Africa
West and Central Africa
Asia Pacific
- APAN - Asia-Pacific Advanced Network
- AARNet - Australian NREN
- AfgREN - Afghanistan NREN
- BDREN - Bangladeshi NREN
- DrukREN - Druk REN
- CSTNET - China Science and Technology Network
- CERNET - China Education and Research Network
- ERNET - Indian NREN
- HARNET - Hong Kong NREN
- KOREN - South Korean NREN
- KREONET- South 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
North America
- United States â although advocated since the 1980s, the U.S. does not have one single NREN.
Latin America
Caribbean
- C@ribNET - Caribbean NREN
- TTRENT - Trinidad and Tobago NREN
- JREN - Jamaica NREN
- RADEI - NREN of the Dominican Republic
Europe
Nordic countries
Middle East
Central Asia
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