What RedCLARA does

RedCLARA (legal name: Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas) is a non-profit international legal organization founded in 2003 and headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay. It operates the Latin American advanced Internet backbone connecting the region's National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to European research infrastructure via GÉANT, enabling high-bandwidth scientific collaboration, e-Science, telemedicine, and data-intensive research across the region.

The organization's product surface is anchored by the Colaboratorio collaborative workspace platform, which integrates community management, funding search, global events calendar, large file transfer (eNVIO/FileSender), institutional document repositories (Document@s), MOOCs (EDX), statistical computing (SIVIC), and videoconferencing (VC Espresso). Core infrastructure services include eduroam global WiFi roaming, the FIEL identity federation for Latin American education networks, eduGAIN inter-federation for global SSO, and the Copernicus Academy LAC platform for Earth observation data access. Multiple discrete products (Plataforma Regional de Formación, LMS RedCLARA-CEDIA, MiLab, Ventanilla Abierta) extend the service catalog.

RedCLARA's business model is a cooperative membership structure with seven member NRENs (RNP/Brazil, RENATA/Colombia, RedCONARE/Costa Rica, REUNA/Chile, CEDIA/Ecuador, CUDI/Mexico, RAU/Uruguay). Revenue is derived from member contributions and, more substantially, from European Commission project funding under FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe (including BELLA, BELLA II, CHAIN REDS, SUBMERSE) and OAS/FEMCIDI grants (e.g., the e-CienciAL project). Pricing is non-commercial; services are provided to member NRENs and affiliated academic and research institutions. GTM is community-led, executed through academic conferences (TICAL, e-Ciencia), publications, the DeCLARA newsletter, and a YouTube channel.

Name

RedCLARA

Legal name

Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas

Website

https://redclara.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RedCLARA is a non-profit cooperative operating Latin America's advanced research and education network, connecting 7 national NRENs to European GÉANT infrastructure and delivering identity federation, file transfer, training, and collaboration services to academic and research communities across the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research and Education Network Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC)

Keywords

• Research and education networks
• Academic network infrastructure
• Identity federation services
• E-infrastructure services
• Advanced networking services

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Network Services to Members: RedCLARA provides advanced network infrastructure and services to its member NRENs (National Research and Education Networks), who in turn serve academic and research institutions in their countries. Revenue is derived from membership contributions and collaborative project funding.
2. European Commission Project Funding: Significant funding received through EU research programs (FP7, Horizon 2020) for infrastructure development projects connecting Latin America with European research networks.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RedCLARA operates an advanced regional research and education network that interconnects National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across Latin America and links them to European research networks via GEANT. It provides high-speed intercontinental bandwidth, identity federation services (FIEL, eduGAIN), eduroam global WiFi roaming, the Colaboratorio collaborative platform, large file transfer, e-learning, statistical computing, and video conferencing tools for academic and scientific communities.

Product overview

RedCLARA (Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas) is a regional research and education network organization that operates as a platform-plus-services architecture. The core platform is the Colaboratorio collaborative workspace, which integrates multiple services for the Latin American research and education community. Services include identity federations (FIEL, eduGAIN), global WiFi roaming (eduroam), learning and training platforms (EDX, LMS RedCLARA-CEDIA, Plataforma Regional de Formación), file transfer and storage (eNVIO, FileSender, Document@s), video conferencing (VC Espresso), and community/network management tools (Ventanilla Abierta, MiLab, SIVIC, Agenda Global, Fondos y Socios). The organization also coordinates multiple international research collaboration projects in areas including grid computing, telemedicine, earth observation, and advanced networking infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Colaboratorio: Collaborative tools platform for working groups, providing services including Communities, Funding and Partners search, Global Events calendar, FileSender for large file transfers, Document@s institutional repository, EDX for online courses, and statistical computing
• FIEL

Products and services

• Colaboratorio Collaborative workspace platform providing tools for the Latin American research and education community, integrating community management, funding search, global events, file sharing, document repositories, online courses, statistical computing, and video conferencing.
• eduroam Global WiFi network service for the research and education community with guaranteed security, allowing users from participating institutions to access WiFi at other eduroam-enabled locations worldwide.
• FIEL - Federaciones de Identidad Identity federation service providing and promoting access to federated identity systems among member networks and affiliated academic institutions across Latin America.
• eduGAIN Inter-federation Service Inter-federation service interconnecting global identity federations to enable seamless single sign-on across research and education institutions worldwide.
• Plataforma Regional de Formación Regional training platform offering online courses and educational resources for the Latin American research and education community.
• LMS RedCLARA-CEDIA Learning Management System provided in partnership with CEDIA for delivering online education and training courses to the research and education community.
• MiLab Laboratory service for collaborative research activities and experiments within the RedCLARA network infrastructure.
• eNVIO - Transferencia de Grandes Archivos Large file transfer service enabling secure transfer of heavy files and datasets for research collaboration.
• Ventanilla Abierta Service that increases the use and knowledge of e-infrastructure resources across various research fields.

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and supporting.

• CHAIN REDS ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2012EC-FP7 funded project (November 2012 - May 2015) coordinated by INFN (Italy) with partners: CIEMAT (Spain), GRNet (Greece), CESNET (Czech Republic), UbuntuNet Alliance (Africa), RedCLARA (Latin America), IHEP (China), ASREN (Arab States), SIGMA (France). Promoted scientific collaboration across continents through shared e-infrastructure.
• e-CienciAL ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2008OAS-FEMCIDI funded project (May 2008 - November 2010) coordinated by RedCLARA with 13 national network partners across Latin America including INNOVA|RED (Argentina), ADSIB (Bolivia), RNP (Brazil), REUNA (Chile), RENATA (Colombia), Cedia (Ecuador), RAICES (El Salvador), RAGIE (Guatemala), CUDI (Mexico), RedCyT (Panama), RAAP (Peru), RAU (Uruguay), CENIT-REACCIUN (Venezuela). Aimed to strengthen e-Science activities in Latin America.
• GEANTcoreTechnology or IntegrationEuropean research network providing the intercontinental connection between Latin American and European research infrastructures. RedCLARA connects to GEANT enabling global research collaboration.
• GLOBAL Project PartnerssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-funded project creating a Virtual Conference Center (VCC) with partners: UPM (Spain, coordinator), ASSA (Spain), UCL (UK), JSI (Slovenia), UbuntuNet (Malawi). RedCLARA provided virtual event access for regions with limited infrastructure.
• Copernicus AcademysupportingTechnology or IntegrationEuropean Union Copernicus program partnership providing Earth observation training, data access, and capacity building for Latin American and Caribbean researchers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• ASREN (Arab States Research and Education Network): The regional R&E network for the Arab states. ASREN operates as a multi-NREN cooperative modeled directly on the GÉANT/RedCLARA template, comparable in structure and EU-co-financing dependency, though smaller in scale and geographic coverage.
• RENATER: France's national research and education network. RENATER provides similar services (identity federation, eduroam, advanced connectivity) at a national scale and feeds into GÉANT, making it a structural analog to one of RedCLARA's member NRENs but at greater scale.
• CSTNET (China Science and Technology Network): China's national research and education network operated under CAS. CSTNET plays the same NREN role for Chinese research institutions that RedCLARA plays for Latin America, including identity and HPC services, though state-operated rather than cooperatively governed.
• SURF: The Dutch collaborative organization for IT in education and research. SURF operates an NREN plus broader education-tech services with a comparable cooperative model, making it comparable in business structure if not scale.
• TEIN (Trans-Eurasia Information Network): A multi-country research network connecting Asia-Pacific NRENs to GÉANT, structured similarly to RedCLARA but covering a different geography (ASEAN+, China, India, etc.). Comparable as a regional interconnection cooperative dependent on EU co-financing.

Emerging players

• UbuntuNet Alliance / AfricaConnect: The regional research and education networking consortium for Eastern and Southern Africa. Like RedCLARA, UbuntuNet is an EU-co-funded multi-NREN cooperative building cross-border research connectivity, but at an earlier development stage.

Direct peers

• Internet2: The US-based research and education network consortium. Internet2 operates the closest functional analog to RedCLARA in North America, providing high-performance networking, identity federation, and advanced services to universities and research institutions through a member-driven model.
• GÉANT: The pan-European research and education networking organization. GÉANT is RedCLARA's primary counterpart and partner, providing the intercontinental link from Latin America into the global research network — directly comparable as a multi-NREN cooperative delivering advanced connectivity, identity federation (eduGAIN), and eduroam services.
• AARNet: Australia's Academic and Research Network. AARNet is a national-scale NREN with service offerings (identity federation, cloud, HPC, eduroam) and governance structure closely mirroring RedCLARA, making it a strong functional peer across oceans.
• CANARIE: Canada's national research and education network organization. CANARIE operates a similar role to RedCLARA at a country scale, providing advanced network infrastructure, identity services, and supporting e-infrastructure for Canadian researchers, with comparable funding model and service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxvWlCSDzYTAE7edFxWyVgA
• Xx.com/RedCLARA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clara_3

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