Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations

The Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) system is the private IP-based network of the European Union. TESTA is a telecommunications interconnection platform for secure information exchange between the European and member states administrations. It is currently handled within the ISA² European programme.

TESTA is not a single network, but a network of networks, composed of the EuroDomain backbone and Local Domain networks. The EuroDomain is a European backbone network for administrative data exchanges acting as a network communication platform between local administrations.

History
The TESTA network has been upgraded several times, with added features through the years:


 * 1st generation (TESTA): 1996–2000
 * 2nd generation (TESTA-II): 2000–2006
 * 3rd generation (sTESTA): 2006–2013
 * 4th generation (TESTA-NG): since 2013