Jul 11, 2022

APOnet Regional Cooperation Ensures Uninterrupted Connectivity

When the JGN Tokyo-Hong Kong-Singapore line ^*1 , operated by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), a Japanese National Research and Development Network, was scheduled to provide backup for the suspension of the Japanese academic backbone network, Science Information Network (SINET), for two months, the importance of regional cooperation exemplified by the APOnet framework really came to light.

APOnet is a consortium of twelve leading-edge research and education networks in North America, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, working together to improve high-speed network services in the Asia Pacific Oceania region. Read More >

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