by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 17, 2020 | eduroam, Services, Stories
Lack of awareness, limited capacity of technical personnel and absence of robust campus WIFI networks have been cited as some of the challenges limiting the roll out of eduroam in many universities and research centers in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region. This...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 17, 2020 | eduroam, Members, RENU, Services, Stories
Students, researchers and staff of learning institutions connected to the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) will now be able to access their institution Internet beyond their campuses after the NREN introduced the metro deployment of eduroam to...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Jul 11, 2019 | eduroam, Members, Services, Stories, TENET
During June the City of Cape Town and the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) turned on the eduroam WiFi service in 57 of Cape Town’s public libraries. eduroam is a wireless roaming service that provides free Internet access to the research...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Oct 1, 2016 | Capacity Building, eduroam, Stories
The Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) should soon be able to assemble its own Identity Federation and deploy eduroam, thanks to a project that will see the NREN acquiring knowledge on how to implement the two initiatives from the Brazilian National...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Jun 1, 2016 | eduroam, MAREN
Better late than never! This seems to be a fitting phrase for the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN) after the network successfully tested its eduroam service in June 2016 to become the fifth NREN within the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region to launch...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Aug 1, 2015 | eduroam
September 2015 promises to be an important month for the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN). Firstly, the network is expected to hold a three day workshop on joining eduroam and Identity federation scheduled to be held at the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh...