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Following ARENA-PAC’s announcement of its strategy for a connected and resilient Pacific, SOI Asia and the University of Hawaiʻi have reaffirmed their commitment to collaboratively designing and advancing a shared vision for the Pacific, connecting people, education, research, and technology to support long-term regional resilience. For further information, please refer… Read More »SOI Asia and UH Commit to Designing a Connected and Resilient Pacific

For a Connected and Resilient Pacific Arterial Research and Educational Network in Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC), operated by the WIDE project, today announces a major strategic milestone: the formal establishment of its high-capacity research and education network initiative in the Pacific region as a part of ARENA-PAC. Since its launch, ARENA-PAC… Read More »ARENA-PAC Announces Strategy for Pacific Research & Education Network

On July 29, 2025, the Arterial Research and Educational Network in the Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC), operated by the WIDE Project and TEIN*CC have signed a peering agreement to enhance a resilient, high-speed network services delivery system with the intent to elevate the services available for Research and Educational networks (R&E)… Read More »ARENA-PAC Signed a Peering Agreement with TEIN*CC to Enhance Resiliency of Research and Education Networks in the Region

*This report is excerpted from the WIDE Project Report 2024 Chapter 1. Introduction This paper reports on the operation of the Arterial Research and Educational Network in Asia-Pacific (ARENA-PAC), a broadband backbone network for research and education purposes in the Asia-Pacific region. Operated by the WIDE Project, ARENA-PAC utilises a… Read More »ARENA-PAC Operation Report 2024 by WIDE Project

ARENA-PAC, in cooperation with research and educational networks worldwide, contributes 800 Gbps demonstrations at the Supercomputing 2024 (SC24), held from November 11 to 22. ARENA-PAC will be a part of the backbone for these two demonstrations: For further information, please refer to the following link. https://connect.geant.org/?p=22954

On 17 September 2024, the Arterial Research and Education Network Asia-Pacific (ARENA-PAC) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have signed a groundbreaking agreement to collaborate on the development of a 100Gbps Research and Education Network for Malaysia. This partnership aims to revolutionize high-speed connectivity for academic and research institutions across the… Read More »ARENA-PAC Signed an Agreement to Enhance Collaboration on the Development of 100Gbps Research and Education Network for Malaysia

January 24, 2024 ARENA-PAC, in cooperation with research and educational networks in the Asia Pacific, contributed to providing the SuperSpeed research and education connectivity for the interactive volumetric video-based live performance between Sydney and Tokyo on December 15, 2023. The volumetric video-based live performance was delivered to the audience at… Read More »ARENA-PAC Contributed to the Interactive Volumetric Live Performance Between Sydney and Tokyo at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2023

January 18, 2024 On December 13, 2023, the Arterial Research and Educational Network in the Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC), operated by the WIDE Project, with the Philippine Research, Education and Government Information Network (PREGINET) announced an inauguration of the Manila – Guam link and discussed the potential of Research and Education… Read More »100 Gbps International Network for Research and Education Inaugurated in the Philippines

October 23, 2023 From October 8 to 12, 2023, the WIDE Project participated in the 18th Internet Governance Forum (IGF Kyoto 2023) held at the Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan and introduced ARENA-PAC in their exhibition. For further information, please refer to the following link. WIDE Project news release: https://www.wide.ad.jp/News/2023/20231023_e.html