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Phase One Sanren Complete

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Ref: https://www.csir.co.za/phase-one-sanren-complete

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Source domain: csir.co.za

Collected on 21 September 2026

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What this means

This CSIR news article announces that phase one of the South African National Research Network is complete. It reports the commissioning of the Cape Town metropolitan fibre network and the completion of 10 Gbps links to the SALT and SKA sites. It also describes SANReN's wider network coverage, planned extensions and operation by TENET.

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South African National Research Network (SANReN)

SANReN is a high-speed network intended to connect more than 200 research and tertiary sites with one another and with international research and education organisations.

Who it is for: Research and tertiary sites
How to act on it: Use the SANReN network through its connected sites; the network is operated by TENET.

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SANReN is a high speed network that aims to connect more than 200 research and tertiary sites around the country with one another as well as with international research and education organisations around the globe.

Facts

Places

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, City of Tshwane

Reference

https://www.csir.co.za/phase-one-sanren-complete

Key Takeaways

Phase 1 of SANReN is complete
Cape Town metropolitan fibre network completed and commissioned
10 Gbps links completed to the SALT and SKA sites
SANReN aims to connect more than 200 research and tertiary sites
SANReN is operated by TENET
Backbone connects Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
CSIR Meraka Institute
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
South African National Research Network (SANReN)
TENET
Centre for High Performance Computing
Very Large Database curation project