Known as JANET 6, the government-funded resource will be universally available across the higher education sector, as well as to further education colleges. 聽
It will be able to handle up to 8.8 terabits of capacity (roughly the same as 16 million photos) and cost 拢25 million to develop.
Jisc, which provides digital services to universities and oversaw the development of JANET 6, said the network would 鈥渋ncrease the country鈥檚 global competitiveness鈥 and address the demand for high-capacity connectivity by enabling 鈥渧ast amounts of data to be exchanged in seconds鈥.
鈥淲e are delighted to have been entrusted with this investment, to develop and launch JANET 6,鈥 said Jisc chief executive Martyn Harrow, adding that the project had been delivered 鈥渨ithin budget and on time鈥.
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鈥淥ur core mission is to advance and support the use of digital technologies in UK research and education for advantage. This leading edge network infrastructure鈥s a fundamental component in achieving this and will unlock new levels of ambition and collaboration on a national and international level.鈥
Tim Marshall, the executive director responsible for the JANET 6 programme, added: 鈥淭he needs of the research and education communities are constantly evolving and we are developing flexible network architecture able to respond not just to these but to future needs.鈥
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The switchover from the old network, SuperJANET 5, was marked by a launch event in London last night.
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