Arelion has deployed a backbone fiber route from Norway to continental Europe.
The 750km subterranean fiber route runs from Oslo, Norway to Esbjerg, Denmark, and includes two new points of presence locations, in Bulk Fiber Networks’ OS-IX data center in Oslo and N01 data center in Kristiansand.
“Resilient and secure connectivity across the globe has never been more important. Ensuring Norway’s access to Internet through this new, diverse route to the European continent really embodies our company mission, to keep the world connected," said Staffan Göjeryd, CEO at Arelion.
Arelion - which rebranded from Telia Carrier in January after it was sold for €935 million ($782m) to a Swedish pension fund - was awarded the contract to build the route by the Norwegian Communications Authority in July 2020. The route doubles available capacity in the region.
“This new secure route for electronic communications, which was awarded to Arelion, will help Norway address its growing and diverse traffic needs to Europe and provide increased connection security for our nation, in the event of serious incidents occurring," Elise K. Lindeberg, director of the security department at the Norwegian Communications Authority, said.
