The SEEFIRE project is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 IST contract no. 15817

www.seefire.org

SEEFIRESouth-East Europe Fibre Infrastructure

for Research and Education

Valentino CavalliSEEFIRE Project Manager

TERENAcavalli@terena.nl

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Content

SEEFIRE OverviewPartnersbackgroundObjectivesMain (expected) resultsCurrent fibre deployments in SEE

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SEEFIRE Overview

Specific Support Actions (SSA) project funded by the EC (6th FP)Start date: 1 March 2005End date: 28 February 2006

Project budget € 416,273 - EC contribution € 350,000 SEEFIRE builds on the results of previous IST projects (SEEREN, SERENATE and GN1)

Main goalTo produce studies on the options available for acquiring an optical fibre network infrastructure and strategies for the development of research and education networking in southeast Europe, with a specific emphasis on Western Balkan countries.

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Partners

11 Partners:TERENA (NL)

Claire Milne (Antelope Consulting/TERENA)GRNET (GR) CESNET (CZ) NIIF/HUNGARNET (HU)AMREJ (CS) DANTE (UK)RoEduNet (RO)ISTF (BG)INIMA (AL) BIHARNET (BH)MARNET (MK)

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Background

There is a significant digital divide in Europe which affects many countries in southeast EuropeThe SEEREN initiative helped in providing international connectivity to countries in the regionHowever, longer-term, cost-effective solutions are needed in the future SERENATE recommended the acquisition of dark fibre by NRENs as a way of decreasing the digital divide in a cost-effective way There are dark-fibre deployment experiences in the region, which should be sustained and supported Southeast European countries are entering the eInfrastructures community Long-term vision: to create a southeast European fibre backbone fostering collaboration of researchers and students

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Objectives

To provide a benchmark of existing and potentially available optical fibre for NRENs in the southeast European regionTo analyse the technical options available for the deployment of dark fibre and the management of optical transmission by NRENs in the regionTo study regulatory and legal issuesTo develop an economic model for the acquisition and operation of own network connectivity by NRENsTo disseminate information and increase awareness about dark-fibre deployment both at technical and policy-making levels

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Timeline / Milestones

month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

WP0 Project management

A0.1 Organize project meetings

A0.2 Establish and maintain project management information system

A0.3 Establish and maintain contractual relationships

A0.4 Prepare bi-monthly and other progress reports

A0.5 Progress reports and financial management

A0.6 Assess the project deliverables and monitor project quality

WP1 Field study on dark fibre acquisition

T1.1 Dark Fibre Footprint Database

T1.2 Dark Fibre Experiences in SEE

WP2 Transmission technology study

T2.1 Dark fibre lighting technologies

T2.2 Support for deployment of Dark Fibre

WP3 Regulatory and economic studies

T3.1 Regulatory Study

T3.2 Economic Study

WP4 Information dissemination and awareness raising

A4.1 Web site and communication infrastructure

A4.2 project presentation

A4.3 promotional package - press release etc

A4.4 technical workshop

A4.5 policy workshop

A4.6 white paper

A4.7 plan for using and disseminating knowledge

A4.8 report on raising public participation and awareness

Workplan

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Study on (dark) fibre acquisition

July 05, Dark Fibre database to identify the fibre availability in the SE regionDeliver a database of available (dark) fibre (and planting projects) in SEE that will assist SEE-NRENs in their National and International fibre acquisition roadmaps

Identify (dark) fibre interconnection points and cross-border connections in SEE (and determine which ones should be established for seamless interconnection) that will assist SEE-NRENs in National and International interconnectivity plans

Aug 05, Report on the status of owned national connectivity in SEEReport on the status of SEE NRENs that will assist SEE NRENs in benchmarking their progress and update their sustainability plans

Describe and assess the status of (all) SEE NRENs owned national connectivity and related acquisition projects that will accelerate (via best practices) SEE NRENs fibre acquisition plans

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Transmission technology study

Oct 05, Report on NREN-empowered dark-fibre transmission technologies focus on available technologies and equipment for enabling a dark-fibre infrastructure at different levels: metro, national, regional and international. evaluate a multiplicity of approaches and technological options in terms of equipment for lighting dark fibre and creating point-to-point lambdas. provide detailed information on technical specifications of equipment provide technical and financial aspects of deployment alternatives.

Dec 05, Guidelines for support of deployment of NREN-empowered fibre infrastructureGuidelines for future deployment of own fibre infrastructure by NRENs, transition from telco-SDH services to a dark-fibre based network, gradually upgrade transfer rate on heavy-traffic linesExamples of documents and specifications successfully used for procurement of DF and transmission equipmentDescribe SEE NRENs experience about equipment functionality, installation principles, redundancy and protection issues

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Regulatory and economic study

Nov 05, Study on the regulatory and legal framework Current regulatory status and plans for adopting the EU communication packageStatus of competition to supply dark fibre in the country – price dependencyProcedures and costs for obtaining permissions for civil works (also about cross-border links)Strength and independence of the regulatory bodyEtc.

Feb 06, Economical model for the acquisition and operation of dark fibre networks in SE Europe

Cost Categories-Fibre (basis for acquisition)-Hardware – Granularity of Costs-Management and Maintenance-Housing costs

Demand Analysis

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Workshops and white paper

14-15 July 05, SEEFIRE Technical Workshop (Sofia, Bulgaria) to discuss technical aspect of dark fibre deployment Jan 06, SEEFIRE Policy workshop Feb 06, White paper – strategic report on SEE Fibre Infrastructure for NRENs

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Serbia and Montenegro 1/4

C R OAT IA

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Existing intercity dark-fibre topologyContract with Telekom Srbija – signed in Q3 of 2003 Telekom Srbija is establishing lines extremely slowly (they are late more then a year) because almost everywhere optical local loops have to be built Novi Sad – Subotica CWDM (4 lambdas) over 110km of G.652All permissions obtained for cross-border connections to HungaryAgreement with Hungarnet agreed, to be signed very soonAgreed also connection to Zvornik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Serbia and Montenegro 2/4

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All intercity DF lines which are under the ContractOn some lines Telekom doesn’t have sufficient DF capacity in the cable at the moment ( Novi Sad – Zrenjanin, Beograd - Nis) Electric Power company of Serbia has considerable amount of intercity DF on the north of the country, but is unwilling to lease fibers at the moment.Other companies (railways and gas companies) have small, almost negligible amount of intercity DF No DF or contract for DF in Montenegro part of the NREN at the momentTelekom Crne Gore (Montenegro) changed owner recently and their position on DF lease is unknown at the moment

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Serbia and Montenegro 3/4

Dark Fibre in Cities

In Belgrade 6 important nodes are connected in MAN. More then 30 institutions in Belgrade are under the same contract with Telekom Srbija. Expected to be connected by the end of 2005.In Nis, Kragujevac and Novi Sad almost all institutions are already connected by DF (4 nodes in Novi Sad, 3 in Kragujevac and 3 in Nis). In Nis 2 institutions still don’t have DF local loopsAll lines are 1Gbps Ethernet

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Serbia and Montenegro 4/4Institute for physics

Institute for nuclear sciences “Vinča”

UoB rectorate and several faculties

RCUB – central nodeUoB technical faculties

UoB Faculty of management

UoB school of medecine

Ministry of science

Existing dark fibre in Belgrade

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FYR of Macedonia 1/3

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10Macedonian RailwaysPlanned corridors for installing optics

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FYR of Macedonia 2/3

Electric Power Company – MEPSO Existing Optics over Power Lines

Power lines with optical cable

Power lines without optical cable

Jegunovce

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Raven

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FYR of Macedonia 3/3

MARNet – Metro Optical Network

in Skopje

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Romania 1/2

SN Telecomunicatii CFR SA

Red lines – existing fibreBlue lines – planned

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Romania 2/2

HQR

Tulcea

Brazi VPi testi

AlbaIul ia

Tirgu Jiu

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Crai ova N Constanta N

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Bucuresti Domnesti

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OP GW Off-Grid

NDC

TDC= TERRITORIAL DIS PATCH CENTRE

NDC= NATIONAL DIS PATCH CE NTRE

HQR= HE ADQUARTER OF RE GION

HQT= HEADQUARTE R OF TRANS ELECTRICA

GROUNDING WIRE OPGW= OPTICAL POWER

LEGEND:

SubStati ons of 400/220 kV

OP GW Cable

ADSS/ OPUG Optic Cable

(Radi oproiect solution)

36 NZDS F/G.655

HQT

NDC

HQR

TDC

TDC

RR Ceahlau

Borzesti

C.Turzii

Salaj

Vetis

Mariselu

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GalceagRaul M Ciunget

Otel

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Sardanesti

Gradiste

Raureni

Stuparei

Draganesti O.Cetate

CalafatTr.Magurele Ghizdaru

Mostiste

Doicesti

Teleajen

CET Brazi

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Filesti

Barbosi

MedgidiaPelicanu

FocsaniSacalaz

Isalnita

Rovinari

Turceni

wi th M W al terantiveOP GW Off-Grid

CN Transelectrica SA SC Romanian Data System

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Albania 1/2

ALBTELECOM National Network97 km 34 Mb/s246 km 155 Mb/s539 km land lines594 km submarine (intern.) lines 622 Mb/s

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Albania 2/2

ALBTELECOM International Network2 projects:

1. Trans Balkan Line (TBL) East-West2. ADRIA 1 North-South

Both with STM-4 (622Mb/s) FOMontenegro: FO Scutari-Murriqan (border)Kosovo: MW Tirana-Cvilen

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Bosnia and Herzegovina