| Type | State owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Headquarters | Trondheim, Norway |
| Area served | Norway |
| Revenue | NOK 164 million (2005) |
| Employees | 116 (2009) |
| Parent | Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research |
| Website | www.uninett.no |
Uninett is a Norwegian government-owned company responsible for deploying and maintaining a national research based computer network (often referred to as "Uninett"). They also conduct network research and pilot projects related to high speed connectivity. All of Norway's colleges and universities are connected, and any non-commercial research or educational institution such as libraries, archives and schools may be connected for a yearly fee.
The backbones of Uninett are typically 1, 2.5 and 10 Gbit/s fibre optic links. For institutions not near the backbone, the maximum capacity is 10 Gbit/s. Uninett is connected to other similar networks in Nordic countries via NORDUnet. Uninett and NORDUnet are both part of the Internet.
Norid, the top-level domain registry for the TLDs .no, .bv, and .sj, is a subsidiary of Uninett.
UNINETT was established as a project based on funds from the Norwegian research funding agency NTNF in 1976, and was hosted at SINTEF in Trondheim. It was established as a wholly owned company from 1993, owned by the Norwegian department of education (then called KUF).
Petter Kongshaug has been the director of Uninett since the 1980s.
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