Telenor Group and Nokia bring VDSL powered broadband to the land of arctic adventure

Telenor Group and Nokia bring VDSL powered broadband to the land of arctic adventure

Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Norwegian operator Telenor have extended their frame agreement for the supply of Nokia VDSL broadband equipment, which will bring IP-based TV and other services to Svalbard, one of the world’s northernmost settlements.

Under the deal, Nokia will supply its latest generation D500 IP DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer), which delivers integrated IP and multicasting functionality unlike any other IP DSLAM solution in the broadband industry. As part of a complete package, Nokia will also supply a range of support services.

The agreement with Nokia will enable new services such as multichannel IP TV, predominantly for the town of Longyearbyen, Norway’s main administrative center on Svalbard. At 78 degrees north, the Svalbard archipelago, also known as Spitzbergen, forms one of the world’s most northern settlements. Sixty percent of the area is covered by glacier, and the inhabitants experience the extremes of long polar nights and summer-long midnight sun.

“Svalbard has earned a reputation as a place for arctic adventure and we are pleased that Telenor now will be able to offer Longyearbyen’s inhabitants telecom services ahead of the Norwegian mainland,” says Mr. Vegard Gjerde, Managing Director of Telenor Svalbard AS. “We chose Nokia to work with us on IP TV, something new for DSL services as we see great opportunities ahead for it and other broadband applications.”

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