GÉANT

#eduroam has been named one of the 13 Dutch brilliant breakthroughs by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Created in 2002 by Klaas Wierenga, eduroam started as a simple idea: make Wi-Fi secure, easy & free for students and researchers, wherever they go.

Today, eduroam connects people at almost 40,000 locations in 106 countries. In 2024 alone, it recorded over 8.4 billion authentications.

👏 Congrats to all its contributors from the R&E community for building a service with such global impact.

Jan 8 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadDan StowellJan 9
@geant Congratulations! Eduroam is one of the great benefits of working in academia! #eduroam #academicchatter
Show threadLevel 98 🇺🇦Jan 9
@geant I have been a beneficiary of eduroam in the past. Thanks Klaas (and all involved)!
Show threadHippieJan 9
@geant
This seems to be a great project, but to be honest, the signup procedure was a nightmare to me. I did not get my laptop connected since october, connecting my phone was a lot of tinkering, too.
I am still wondering why it even needs this barrier? Probably security reasons...
Show threadVincent van ItallieJan 9
@geant @andrew Eduroam is just brilliant indeed, supported it many years as a support tec at a univercity. Now as accessibility consultant in the Dutch goverment. I use a spinoff called govroam. Don’t know how interntional tht thing is.