Timeframe

Key Milestones

Timeframe

Member enablement and engagement activities commence and proceed through the life of the project

Late October 2011

Senior staff of all member organizations briefed on KAREN2

By December 2011

Draft architecture published for community comment.

November 2011

Procurement process commenced

March/April 2012

Procurement process completed including in-premises evaluation of key technologies and preferred vendor established

September 2012

Selection of new Transport Service Manager (to manage transport layer)

November 2012

Pilot Project Initiated (if required)

February 2013

1st Phase Implementation

June-November 2013

Transition to KAREN2

Early December 2013

Pacific Fibre International connectivity on-stream

Mid 2014

Subsequent Phases if required (depending on the overall project cost some secondary elements of KAREN2 may be implemented in a later phase).

Post February 2014