New high-speed 15,000km international link seamlessly connects African radio astronomers to Europe through GÉANT and UbuntuNet

First point-to-point research network circuit between Europe and Africa enables astronomers to create a more detailed view of the universeRadio astronomers in Africa and across the globe will benefit from faster collaboration through a dedicated, high speed 15,000 km network link between the pan-European GÉANT and African UbuntuNet Alliance education networks announced today. The 2Gbps point-to-point circuit will enable astronomers at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in South Africa to stream observational data to the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) in the Netherlands for processing and co

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