Find out more about the programme that will shape Europe's digital future
01.06.2021
The Digital Europe programme will fund projects dedicated to bringing together digital technologies, citizens, businesses and public administrations.
"No one anticipated a success like eduroam's"
10.05.2021
It was in 2002 that Klaas Wierenga had the idea that would result in the creation of eduroam and would mark the future of European connectivity.
eduGAIN - Promoting collaboration and access to online services
22.04.2021
eduGAIN connects around 30 million students, researchers and teachers around the world. Learn about the advantages of joining this confederative service.
GigaPIX boosts capacity
04.02.2021
Growth in traffic and in the number of members connected to GigaPIX leads to the reinforcement of the interconnection capacity of the various technical rooms made available.
EllaLink's transatlantic submarine cable anchored in Portugal
13.01.2021
Fiber optic cable with cutting-edge technology connecting Portugal and Latin America has already reached Sines. Project is possible thanks to the decisive role of the education and research community.
"We are building a next-generation RCTS"
28.12.2020
The Director of the Network Services Area of the FCT's FCCN Unit, Ana Pinto, explains the main new features involved in RCTS 100, as well as their impact on higher education and research institutions in Portugal. The changes that are already being implemented will make it possible to meet the needs of the entities connected to the Portuguese academic network.
Géant creates page with more information about EllaLink GeoLab
17.11.2020
The pioneering project that will place, for the first time, an infrastructure to study the ocean floor on a submarine cable already has an information page created by GÉANT.
National Academic Network increases fibre optic coverage
17.11.2020
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, inaugurates in Bragança and Vila Real, the first steps of the RCTS100 project - an initiative of the Unit FCCN that will extend the fiber optic footprint of the national academic network (Science, Technology and Society Network - RCTS)
"EllaLink station installation is almost done"
03.08.2020
João Nuno Ferreira, General Coordinator of the FCCN Unit, visited the Sines station, which will house the EllaLink submarine cable, and revealed some details about the structure.
Ella Link and EMACOM launch "Ella Link Geolab".
23.06.2020
For the first time, a submarine telecommunications cable will include an infrastructure for studying the conditions of the ocean floor. "Ella Link GeoLab" will offer Europe's scientific community updated data in real time.
"Participating in Lightning Talks has been rewarding"
02.06.2020
The students of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Fábio Lourenço and Luís Sampaio, were selected to share their projects in the largest conference of academic networks in the world. The TNC20 was cancelled, but the journey of the Master's students in Computer Engineering is not over.
FCT strengthens infrastructure in the face of Covid-19 crisis demands
03.04.2020
With the increase of Internet traffic in institutions associated with the growth of digital content consumption, namely distance learning, FCT has reinforced the Science, Technology and Society Network (RCTS), which supports the Internet connections of the Portuguese education and research community.