NASK
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| Industry: | Internet & Communications Technology |
| Founded: | 1991 |
| Headquarters: | South 18th Street WAwozowa |
| Country: | Poland |
| Website: | Nask.pl |
| Key People | |
| Michał Chrzanowski, Director Ewa Niewiadomska-Szynkiewicz, Deputy Research Director | |
NASK is a Research and Academic Institute for Computer Network providing modern Internet Communications Technology (ICT) solutions in for businesses, government and academia in Poland.
History[edit | edit source]
NASK was created as a Coordination Team of Scientific and Computer Network at the University of Warsaw in 1991. Professor Thomas Hofmokl served as the first director while Chris Heller, Raphael Pietrak and Andrrzej Zienkiewicz, technical directors of the research institute. NASK became the first internet service provider in Poland.[1]
In 1992, the first satellite link to Sweden was set up at 38,400 bps and connected to the world via Denmark at 9600 bps.Subsequently in 1993, Hoza, the first polish website went online.
In 1994, NASK expanded its Wide Area Network (WAN) and started building WARMAN,the first Warsaw Metropolitan Area Network which became operational in 1995 and the first wide area network technology in the FR (Frame Relay)- FR nodes were installed at the main points of the WAN-WAN NASK was also constructed.
In 1997, NASK Poland entered the market to build corporate networks and in 1998 the institute launched its first global connection at 155 mbps. Subsequently in 1999, NASK launched its IP transit service in partnership with Telia Net, an international telecommunications corporation.
By 2001, NASK ranked first in the Teleinfo 500-Polish ICT market 2000 surpassing the major internet providers in Poland. In 2002 NASK acquired VPN Service Sp. Ltd.
In 2003, NASK became the first registry in Europe and in 2004 NASK obtained the ISO certification for its entire process in registering and maintaining domains.It also opened its colocation and hosting center.
In 2005, NASK launched its NIFC hotline dedicated to combat illegal contents in the internet and launched the DNS server for the .pl domain in IPv6. It also installed its first radio access network.
In 2006, NASK received its accreditation from ICANN as the registry for the .pl ccTLD.
NASK completed the technical implementation of the e-świętokrzyskie radio network construction in 2007. Poland's first network of wireless Internet connectivity became operational using new technologies operating in radio frequencies called WiMAXowymi. In addition, the eighteen radio transmitters built by NASK for the nationwide broadband radio network became operational.
A program to promote the safe use of internet among younng