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RNP launches eduroam-Brazil
ExpiredThe wireless service will benefit more than 1 million users, allowing free access at any research and education institution in Brazil client of eduroam.
On August 14th, during the RNP Forum, the Brazilian network launched eduroam, the wireless service that will allow free access to the Internet at any institution of research and education in Brazil participant in the project. RNP is the organization responsible for the management and operation of the service in the country, which will benefit more than one million users in these institutions.
The launch of the eduroam service in Brazil took place in the Kubitschek Plaza Hotel and included the participation of Brook Schofield of TERENA (Trans Europea Research and Educación Network Association), Jose Luis Quiroz Arroyo of INICTEL (Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Capacitación de Telecomunicaciones) Luiz Claudio Magalhaes Schara of the UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense) and Leandro Guimarães of RNP. Eduroam is an international initiative that offers free wireless connection through Single Sign On (SSO) - the use of a single username and password to log - in institutions of higher education and research. Access will also be allowed in others countries in those academic institutions that integrate the initiative.
Created ten years ago, eduroam is integrated by hundreds of educational and research institutions around the world. Currently, the service is present in 54 countries, most of them in Europe, and has 5,637 access points. In Latin America, Brazil and Peru are the only countries integrated into the eduroam international initiative.
