ETE

The Eritrean Technical Exchange (ETE) is the major service 
provider in Eritrea at the moment.  ETE is running a modified UUCP
transport over dial-up connections between the U.S. and Eritrea.  The
transport includes compression and batching of email in order to
increase the efficiency of the transfers.  Linux PC servers are
installed at the Department of Energy, Asmara University, and two
commercial providers: EWAN Technical Solutions and Tfanus Enterprises. 
The servers provide dial-up email services in Eritrea and batching and
transport of email to the Internet. The Linux servers connect to ETE in
San Francisco from 3-7 times a day, except for the University of Asmara
server which receives its email through EWAN.  The user interface is
usually a variant of UUPC.  But users can also use commercial software
such as Eudora, Netscape, or Microsoft Explorer if they subscribe to a
dial-up PPP account with one of the commercial providers.  The
Department of Energy server connects to about 35 institutions, while
commercial providers service several hundred institutions and
individuals.  The user base has almost expanded to the point where it
could financially sustain full TCP/IP connectivity, if and when a
continuous international connection is permitted.  ETE is also the
technical administrator for the .ER domain and provides domain name
services to this end.  ETE is a non-profit project of the International
Collaborative for Science, Education and the Environment, and accepts
donations to support its network development activities in Eritrea. 

Contacts:

Eritrea Technical Exchange
110 Clayton Street 
San Francisco, CA 94117 
USA 

Energy Training and Research Center
Department of Energy
P.O. Box 5285
Asmara, Eritrea

EWAN Technical Solutions
Saba Bldg., Ground Floor, Andnet Street
Asmara, Eritrea
Tel: 291-1-183040/183022
FAX: 291-1-183042

Tfanus Enterprises
Tel: 291-1-124050

Computer Center
University of Asmara
P.O. Box 1220
Asmara, Eritrea