The Works of DANTE - Issue 4
ALICE news – new connections keep on coming
RAGIE, the Guatemalan NREN, was the host for the 4th ALICE project meeting, which took place in Antigua, at the end of July. Project partners from across Latin America joined representatives from the European Commission, CLARA and DANTE to discuss progress in the project.
Development continues of the User and Projects’ Database being developed by REUNA (Chile) and all ALICE partners have been encouraged to contribute. This forms an essential part of the sustainability work that Florencio Utreras (Chief Executive of CLARA) outlined in his recent interview with The Works of DANTE. He stressed the need to develop a customer base in order to create a large enough community of users to fund the network.
The expansion of the network continues with “Best and Final” offers having been made for connectivity to Cuba, Honduras and Paraguay. Meanwhile, contract negotiations have been initiated for the connectivity of Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.
A number of launch celebrations will take place over the coming months. The Peruvian NREN RAAP officially launched
its recent connection to RedCLARA at the end of September. A launch event is planned to announce the connection of the Uruguayan NREN, RAU, to RedCLARA. This is scheduled to take place in Montevideo from 28-30 November. The next ALICE project meeting will also be held at this event, and the outcomes of that meeting will be reported in the next edition of The Works of DANTE. Finally, an event is planned for December in Caracas, Venezuela to formally acknowledge REACCIUN2’s connection to the network. Look out for representatives from CLARA and ALICE who will be exhibiting at the event.
To learn more about the NRENs about to connect to RedCLARA visit:
