Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Internet Service


Description

The major objective of internet in PNU Campus is to facility highly reliable and secured internet service to entire PNU Campus Users: Students, Education Staff, Administrative staff, and Contractors. Which help female student to access internet from anywhere in the campus. In addition, internal web services are published through the internet, which facilitates outside users to access PNU services, PNU information and academic information necessary information and services through web.

Project website

http://www.pnu.edu.sa


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2019
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • PNU Campus , Saudi Arabia

Status

Completed

Start date

01 January 2011

End date

01 May 2011


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • People with disabilities
  • female students, Educational staff, Administration staff, and Contractors.

Replicability

Any campus can implement this project to provide internet service to their users


Sustainability

• All service providers provide two different links that ensure the sustainability and availability of the internet services.
• The service sustainability is controlled via service level agreement signed with both internet providers.


WSIS values promotion

• Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and trans border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all. • Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet.


Entity name

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (pnu)

Entity country—type

Saudi Arabia Government

Entity website

http://www.pnu.edu.sa