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 Introduction |
 Background
At the APEC TELMIN1 (1995 Seoul, Korea), Ministers agreed to advance the information infrastructure and to establish the Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure (APII) in the Asia-Pacific region. The APII Testbed project was jointly proposed by Korea and Japan and officially endorsed at the 12th APEC TEL Meeting in Shanghai, China in 1995.
This project aims to contribute to building the advanced information infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region that will form the basis for bridging the digital divide and achieving sustainable growth in the region; assisting joint R&Ds and testing interconnectivity and interoperability in a number of domestic broadband testbeds, currently being developed or planned in the future in the region. In addition, APII Testbeds are linked to EU's GEANT, the pan-European gigabit research network, forming the Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN), which was created in December 2001.
In the year 2005, APII Test-beds have joined in other global advanced networks such as TEIN2 and TransPAC2, and are also well connected locally to KOREN and KREONET.
Objectives
The objectives of the APII Test-bed Project are :
- to conduct joint R&Ds in application services such as next generation Internet-related technologies to provide on the APII
- to modernize telecom networks, and to contribute in building the regional information infrastructure that will form the basis for achieving sustainable growth in the region,
- to test interconnectivity and interoperability in a number of domestic broadband test-beds currently being developed or planned in the future in the region
Future plan
APII Cooperation Center plans to expand the project with more participation from the APEC member economies in the future. Since one of the goals the APII Testbed Project is seeking for is international cooperation, Korea is interested in having connections with developing countries especially.
The APII Testbed Project is to effectively construct the APII and will help further contribute in realizing a global information infrastructure. |
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APII Testbed