Prof. Antonio Abelem, FIBRE-BR coordinator, announced the inclusion of 6 new associated institutions in the FIBRE-BR testbed.

They are the Federal Universities of Espírito Santo (UFES), Uberlândia (UFU), Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Paraíba (UFPB) and Minas Gerais (UFMG).

The announcement was made during a FIBRE presentation in the annual RNP Workshop (WRNP 2013), held in Brasilia (Brazil) in May 6-7, 2013.

The new institutions are expected to sign the project MoU in the next weeks. After that, they will receive project support to setup their experimental islands.

Photo: from left to right: Antônio Abelém (FIBRE-BR coordinator, UFPA), Maxwell Monteiro (IFES, on behalf of UFES), Flavio Silva (UFU), Elias Duarte (UFPR), Liane Tarouco (UFRGS), Guido Lemos (UFPB) and Dorgival Guedes (UFMG).

The location of the Brazilian institutions are depicted in the following map.