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 August 14, 2025, the Arterial Research and Educational Network in the Asia Pacific (ARENA-PAC), operated by the WIDE Project, with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), announced the inauguration of the Penang (Malaysia) – Singapore link and presented the potential impact and collaborations for the Malaysian Research and Education community. This… Read More »ARENA-PAC Launches 100 Gbps Network to USM, Accelerating Global Research Collaboration
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
October 16, 2023 ARENA-PAC, in cooperation with several research and educational networks, contributed to the successful telesurgery trial between Fujita Health University (FHU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) on October 9 to12 2023. This was Japan’s first telesurgery trial conducted between Singapore and Japan, distanced more than 5,000km. The… Read More »ARENA-PAC Contributed to Successful Telesurgery Trial between Japan and Singapore