About the UNINETT group

The UNINETT group supplies network and network services for universities, university colleges and research institutions and handles other national ICT tasks. The Group is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and consists of a parent company and four subsidiaries.

The parent company UNINETT develops and operates the Norwegian research network, which links together Norwegian educational and research institutions and connects them to an international network. UNINETT ABC supports the Norwegian educational sector with advice and recommendations on ICT solutions. UNINETT FAS provides technical operation of administrative systems for universities and university colleges. UNINETT Norid operates the registration service for domain names under the .no domain. UNINETT Sigma coordinates national infrastructure for computational science.

The UNINETT group offers one of the most advanced network environments in Norway and has international activity via research projects as well as in standardization work within the Internet field. In addition to around 100 permanent employees, a considerable number of students and professionals from the entire university and college sector are attached to the enterprise on a project basis.

The activity is run non-profit. All the UNINETT companies are located in Teknobyen in Trondheim. Turnover in 2008 totalled NOK 207 million.