Connectivity Providers Database

From: "Tekle Habtemariam" <tecleh@tse.com.er> To: "Maria Dolores Lizarzaburu" <mlizarza@uoregon.edu> Cc: ""Steve Hute"" <sghuter@nsrc.org> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:24:18 -0800 Dear Dolores, Please find below answer to the question you requested. Hope this will help. > 1)What is the total international bandwidth of Eritrea at this time? > What are its upstream providers? Down link 6 Mbps and Uplink 2 Mbps, British Telecom Backbone provider > 2)Please list the ISPs and Universities with external/international > connectivity currently operating in the country, with the information > in the following format: > ISP/UNIV. Link Type Bandwidth Upstream ISP POP location(s) > ============= =========== =========== ================ ======================== EWAN Technology Leased Line 512 Kbps EriTel gateway Operates in three cities TSE i NET Leased Line 2 Mbps " Operates in Three cities CTS Leased Line 128 Kbps " Operates in two cities Tfanus Leased Line 320 Kbps " Operates in one city Univ.of Asmara Leased line 128 Kbps " Operates in one city > 3)Please include the URLs and the name and email of a contact for each > of the ISPs and Universities above described if possible. EWAN Technology www.ewan.com.er CTS www.cts.com.er Tfanus www.tfanus.com.er TSE i NET www.tse.com.er UOA www.uoa.edu.er > 4)Is there an open, public Internet Exchange point in Eritrea, or if > not, are there plans to create one? No, not in the near future > 5)What are the main challenges for Internet development in Eritrea? 1. Infrastructure access point to ISP from national Internet gateway 2. Lack of proper regulation and procedures 3. Human resources and lack of training and exposures Tekle "Tekle Habtemariam" <tecleh@tse.com.er>