More research data can flow between Ukraine and other countries more cheaply, allowing Ukrainians to better participate in international research cooperations without having to leave the country, thanks to the EU-funded EaPConnect project and local partner URAN. A very secure, high-capacity Internet link for research data transmission between Ukraine and the GÉANT pan-European research and education (R&E) network now provides twice the capacity of the previous connection, but at less than half the previous price per Gigabit per second (Gbps) of data transmitted.
The network link runs between Kyiv, Ukraine and Vienna, Austria. This link, established by EaPConnect in 2017, had taken Ukraine’s connection with the GÉANT network from 1 to 10 Gbps. The new upgrade has doubled its total capacity to 20 Gbps and reduced the price per Gbps/year by 55%.