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MoRENet
is an initiative of the Mozambican Ministry of Science and
Technology. This project is a part of the ICT Policy
Implementation Strategy. The main
purpose of the MoRENet project is to establish a
nationwide data network that will interconnect the research
and higher education institutions in Mozambique. All the
members of the network can only be non-profit organizations
that will use this network only for research activities. The network
will accommodate both public and private academic
institutions, a healthcare and research center are public and
private universities, and research centers as indicated in the
table below:
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Maputo |
UEM |
Eduardo Mondlane University |
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ISPU |
Higher Institute Polytechnic and University |
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ISCTEM |
Higher Institute of Sciences and Technology of
Mozambique |
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ISUTC |
Higher Institute of Transports and Communications |
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UP |
Pedagogic University |
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ISRI |
Higher Institute of International Relations |
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ACIPOL |
Academy of Police Sciences |
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UDM |
Technical University of Mozambique |
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USTM |
Sao
Tomas University of Mozambique |
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UMMA |
Maria
Măe da África
University |
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INE |
National Institute of Statistics |
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IIP |
Marine Research
Institute |
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Manhiça |
CISM |
Manhiça's
Research Center in
Health |
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Inhambane |
ESHTI |
Higher School of Hotelaria and Tourism |
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Sofala |
UCM |
Catholic University of Mozambique |
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UP |
Pedagogic University |
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UEM |
Law Faculty of UEM |
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Quelimane |
ISPU |
Higher Institute Polytechnic and University |
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UEM/ESCM |
Higher School of Marine Science |
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Nampula |
UCM |
Catholic University of Mozambique |
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UP |
Pedagogic University |
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UMBB |
Mussa
Bin Bique University |
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ASM |
Samora
Machel Military Academy |
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Cabo Delgado |
UCM |
Catholic University of Mozambique |
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The list includes members from the several disciplines of
knowledge, from social sciences to engineering.
The advantages of a national backbone for peering between
academic institutions (NREN) are: Faster Internet
connection between all universities. This facilitates
Universities to work “closer together” with applications such
as virtual classroom, virtual lectures and virtual libraries;
and to engage in research collaboration that require access
huge amounts of bandwidth. With such network
universities can run applications such as data, telephony and
video using the same infrastructure, what translates in
reduced costs for communications between them.
Enabling shared bandwidth solutions that will lower prices and
increase capacity of the Universities' internet connections.
This network would enable Mozambican universities to have a
connection to other academic and research networks in the
region and outside of the region.
The
establishment of a Nationwide Reseach
Educations Network - NREN gives the universities the
opportunity to setup a number of services that will be of help
in the daily work. The examples listed below, describe some
potential services for a NREN:
E-meeting point -
This service will make
“meetings” possible with people at different places, via
electronic meetings, video conferences. The benefits for this
are that institutions will save money and time. The need for
travels for short meetings is eliminated.
Catalogue
service - The
NREN can provide a catalogue of National WebPages such as for
companies, newspapers, television channels, politicians,
society, culture and education etc.
FTP-file archive -
Ftp-file archive service will
enable institutions to centrally store and retrieve data on a
wide variety of topics, from medical journals to papers on
data networks and internetworking.
Telefax
service - With
this service an institution could write an ordinary mail but
instead of sending it as a mail it can be sent to a server
that forwards it as a fax. To do this a modified mail address
is used instead of the ordinary e-mail address. One example:
If Erik Lönnbark’s email address is
erilon82@MoRENet.mz,
and a Fax is to be sent to this person by using this service,
his telefaxnumber is added to the mail address, that becomes
ErikLönnbark@F090166762.fax.MoRENet.mz.
As a result, the “mail” will be sent as a fax, to a fax
machine through the network.
Cashing servers -
Cashing servers are especially
useful if the network hasn’t got a high bandwidth. The servers
can cache the most used WebPages, which reduces the
possibilities of bottlenecks on the network. This mechanism
will also make the browsing process much faster.
DNS servers -
The NREN can be responsible for the domain name servers.
If the Universities have this role it’s easier to have a good
control.
Other
Research Projects - The NREN should
be available as a tool for researchers that want to use the
network for different projects and testing.
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