Uninett was a state-owned company responsible for Norway's national research and education network. In 2022, Uninett was merged into Sikt.
The centre of operations was located at Teknobyen Innovation Centre in Trondheim.[1][2] Uninett had approximately 100 employees. Any non-commercial research or educational institution such as libraries, archives and schools could be connected for a yearly fee.
History
Uninett was established in 1976 as a project based on funding from the Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and was headquartered at SINTEF in Trondheim.
In 1987, Uninett gained responsibility of the .no top-level domain.
The work was continued as a research project in SINTEF, before Uninett was established as an operating organization for the academic data network in Norway. After five years as a project organization, the joint-stock company Uninett AS was founded in 1993.[3]