NII has expanded the international line of SINET academic information network and began operating a 100 Gbps ultra-high-speed international links in a configuration that circles the globe from Japan to the United States, Europe and back. This is the first time in the world to build an international links that goes around the globe owned by a single NREN. At the same time, NII also upgraded the SINET Asia link between Japan and Singapore to the same 100 Gbps speed. These upgrades will alleviate the pressure on SINET overseas connections which had been experiencing increased transmission data volume, improve stability by making ultra-high-speed connections from two directions, Europe and the United States, and also improve relation with interconnected overseas research networks.
