Some important developments were accomplished by NIIF program in the HBONE network in 2008.

The presentation will summarize the most important technological results, it will describe the present situation of the upstream network technologies concentrated on the expansions in Budapest and in the countryside.

The lecture will demonstrate the current status of the connected institutions and the talk will also describe some changes of the traffic trends.

It will also give a short summary about the forthcoming HBONE developing plans and conceptions.