Asia-Pacific Europe Ring (AER)

Co-operative arrangement between eleven leading-edge Research and Education Networks (RENs) with 100G connectivity between Europe and Asia to provide back up for each other in the event of any link failure, thereby creating an extremely robust and resilient 100G network ring, to advance research and education across the Asia-Pacific and Europe region.

Partners

AER Diagram

Updated on 24th Feb 2026

Cable Maintenance Status

Cable Owner	Cable System	A-End	Z-End	Type	Start Date	Expected End Date
KAUST	TGN-EA	Thuwal	Singapore	Fibre Cut	9-Sep-2025	N.A.
KISTI	APG	Korea	Singapore	Fibre Cut	17-Oct-2025	N.A.
KISTI	AAE-1	Amsterdam	Singapore	Fibre Cut	21-Oct-2025	N.A.
NII	SJC	Tokyo	Singapore	Fibre Cut	5-Dec-25	N.A.
KISTI	APG	Korea	Hong Kong	Fibre Cut	21-Dec-2025	N.A
GEANT IC-1	IC-1	Marseille	Singapore	Emergency Maintenance	19-Feb-2026	N.A

Press Release

Fast, Redundant, Resilient: ITER–Japan Proves the Power of AER at 100 GbpsOctober 21, 2025
AER Members Supported NICT 800Gbps High-Speed Data Transfer Experiment At SC24December 30, 2024
Enabling Resilient Network Connectivity via Collaborations by Global NRENsJune 14, 2024
Interview by SURF – Prof. Francis Lee, President, SingARENDecember 20, 2023
Enabling Innovation in Global Medical Care through Robotic Telesurgery Trial conducted across International BoundariesDecember 20, 2023