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.

East and Southern Africa

 * 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

North Africa

 * 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

West and Central Africa

 * 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

Asia Pacific

 * 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

North America

 * United States – although advocated since the 1980s, the U.S. does not have one single NREN.


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Name !! Type
 * Internet2 || national
 * National LambdaRail || national [closed]
 * vBNS || national [closed]
 * Edge
 * state (New Jersey)
 * ESnet || national
 * NEREN|| regional (New England)
 * CENIC || state (California)
 * CEN || state (Connecticut)
 * NEREN|| regional (Midwest|-
 * Illinois Century Network || state (Illinois)
 * KanREN|| state (Kansas)
 * LEARN|| state (Texas)
 * Merit Network || state (Michigan)
 * NERO|| state (Oregon)
 * NCREN|| state (North Carolina)
 * NYSERNet || state (New York)
 * OARnet || state (Ohio)
 * OneNet || state (Oklahoma)
 * OSHEAN || state (Rhode Island)
 * PennREN|| state (Pennsylvania)
 * THEnet|| state (Texas)
 * UEN || state (Utah)
 * WVNET||state (West Virginia)
 * WiscNet
 * state (Wisconsin)
 * }
 * NERO|| state (Oregon)
 * NCREN|| state (North Carolina)
 * NYSERNet || state (New York)
 * OARnet || state (Ohio)
 * OneNet || state (Oklahoma)
 * OSHEAN || state (Rhode Island)
 * PennREN|| state (Pennsylvania)
 * THEnet|| state (Texas)
 * UEN || state (Utah)
 * WVNET||state (West Virginia)
 * WiscNet
 * state (Wisconsin)
 * }
 * PennREN|| state (Pennsylvania)
 * THEnet|| state (Texas)
 * UEN || state (Utah)
 * WVNET||state (West Virginia)
 * WiscNet
 * state (Wisconsin)
 * }
 * WiscNet
 * state (Wisconsin)
 * }
 * }


 * Canada
 * {| class="wikitable"

! Name !! Type
 * CANARIE || national
 * ACORN-NL|| provincial (Newfoundland and Labrador)
 * ACORN-NS || provincial (Nova Scotia)
 * BCNET|| provincial (British Columbia)
 * Cybera || provincial (Alberta)
 * GTAnet|| provincial (Ontario)
 * ECN|| provincial (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
 * MRnet|| provincial (Manitoba)
 * ORION || provincial (Ontario)
 * RISQ || provincial (Quebec)
 * SRNet || provincial (Saskatchewan)
 * }
 * ECN|| provincial (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
 * MRnet|| provincial (Manitoba)
 * ORION || provincial (Ontario)
 * RISQ || provincial (Quebec)
 * SRNet || provincial (Saskatchewan)
 * }
 * RISQ || provincial (Quebec)
 * SRNet || provincial (Saskatchewan)
 * }
 * SRNet || provincial (Saskatchewan)
 * }

Latin America



 * RedCLARA - Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas (Association of Latin American NRENs)
 * Innova-Red - Argentinian NREN
 * ADSIB - Bolivian NREN
 * RNP - Brazilian NREN
 * REUNA - Chilean NREN
 * RENATA - Colombian NREN
 * RedCONARE - Costa Rican NREN
 * CEDIA - Ecuadorian NREN
 * RAICES - El Salvadoran NREN
 * RAGIE - Guatemalan NREN
 * Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) - Honduran NREN
 * CUDI - Mexican NREN
 * RENIA - Nicaraguan NREN
 * RedCyT - Panamanian NREN
 * Arandu - Paraguayan NREN
 * RAAP - Peruvian NREN
 * RAU - Uruguayan NREN
 * REACCIUN CNTI?- Venezuelan NREN

Caribbean

 * C@ribNET - Caribbean NREN
 * TTRENT - Trinidad and Tobago NREN
 * JREN - Jamaica NREN
 * RADEI - NREN of the Dominican Republic

Europe

 * European Academic and Research Network
 * GÉANT - Develops and maintains the GÉANT backbone network on behalf of European NRENs. Formerly DANTE and TERENA.
 * CEENet - Central and Eastern European Research Networking Association
 * Eumedconnect - South Mediterranean Backbone
 * ANA Albanian NREN
 * ASNET-AM - Armenian NREN
 * ACOnet - Austrian NREN
 * AzScienceNet Azerbaijan NREN
 * BASNET - Belarus NREN
 * Belnet - Belgian NREN
 * BREN - Bulgarian NREN
 * CESNET - Czech NREN
 * CARNET - Croatian NREN
 * CYNET - Cypriot NREN
 * SURF - Dutch NREN
 * EENet - Estonian NREN
 * RENATER - French NREN
 * Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN) - German NREN
 * GRENA - Georgian NREN
 * GRNET - Greek NREN
 * KIFU/NIIF Program - Hungarian NREN
 * HEAnet - Irish NREN
 * GARR - Italian NREN
 * KazRENA - Kazakhstan NREN
 * SigmaNet - Latvian NREN
 * LITNET - Lithuanian NREN
 * RESTENA - Luxembourg NREN
 * MARNET - Macedonian NREN
 * RiċerkaNet - Maltese NREN
 * RENAM - Moldovian NREN
 * MREN - Montenegro NREN
 * SURF - Netherlands NREN (formerly SURFnet)
 * PIONIER (PSNC) - Polish NREN
 * FCCN - Portuguese NREN
 * RoEduNet - Romanian NREN
 * RUNNet - Russian NREN
 * AMRES - Serbian NREN
 * ARNES - Slovenian NREN
 * SANET - Slovakian NREN
 * RedIRIS - Spanish NREN
 * SWITCH - Swiss NREN
 * ULAKBIM - Turkish NREN
 * URAN - Ukrainian NREN
 * Jisc - United Kingdom NREN, operator of the Janet network
 * KREN - Kosovo NREN

Nordic countries

 * NORDUnet - Nordic backbone network
 * DeiC - Danish NREN
 * FUNET - Finnish NREN
 * RHnet - Icelandic NREN
 * SUNET - Swedish NREN
 * UNINETT - Norwegian NREN

Middle East

 * [//www.maeen.sa Maeen] Saudi Arabia NREN
 * Eumedconnect - Mediterranean/North African Backbone
 * ANKABUT UAE NREN
 * OMREN Omani NREN
 * IUCC - Israeli NREN
 * JUnet Jordanian NREN
 * IRAN SHOA Iranian NREN
 * PALNREN Palestinian NREN
 * Lebanon
 * Birzeit Uni/AlQuds Palestinian Authority
 * QNREN - Qatar NREN
 * HIAST Syrian NREN

Central Asia

 * RUNNet - Russian University Network, Russian NREN
 * ASNET-AM - Armenian
 * AzScienceNet Azerbaijan NREN
 * GRENA - Georgian NREN
 * KazRENA - Kazakhstan NREN
 * KRENA - Kyrgyzian NREN
 * TuRENA - Turkmenistan NREN
 * UZSCINET - Uzbekistan NREN