Pakistan Education and Research Network currently provides the following services to universities:

Currently available Services

1. Access to International Internet Bandwidth.
2. Access to over 11,000 Scientific Journals. Link to Digital Library
3. Four or more public IP addresses for use by the university.
4. Broadband link to other universities.
5. Infrastructure for point-to-point videoconferencing.
6. Sharing of large-size data amongst universities.
7. Cheaper Bandwidth Rates for PERN Universities
8. PERN Launches Video Reflector Service
   

Services under Beta Test

1. Videoconferencing reflector for multipoint desktop videoconferencing.
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2. PERN Development Forum Idea Generation Bank.
3. Community of Interest content generation and sharing system, along with discussion forums.

Planned services

1. Full-fledged hi-tech video lecturing facilities.
2. Web streaming service for video lectures.
3. VRVS Video Reflector service for multipoint videoconferencing with international researchers.
4. Centralized and distributed content servers for information sharing. This will include text and multimedia objects.
5. Video Over IP and possibly Voice Over IP (VOIP) services for communication between universities.
6. Computer and test equipment resource sharing across universities.
7. Automated transactions between universities and HEC.
8. Link with international research networks through APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networks).
9. Access to Online University Libraries.