Stockholm // 2008-10-13
PacketFront and NetNordic deliver open fibre network to two of Norway’s largest municipalities
The Norwegian company Asker og Baerum Fibernett will build an open metro network for two of Norway’s largest municipalities, with technology from PacketFront and consulting support from PacketFront’s Norwegian partner NetNordic. Up to 50,000 households will be connected within 4-5 years.
PacketFront, a leding supplier of purpose built FTTH solutions, has in collaboration with its Norwegian partner NetNordic, signed an agreement to create an open fibre-based network for Asker og Baerun Fibernett, one of Norway’s largest regional broadband companies.
”The goal is 50,000 customers within 4-5 years,” says Asker og Baerum Fibernett’s marketing director Henning Andersen. “We have recently visited several Nordic facilities. With NetNordic as partner and PacketFront as technical supplier, we’ve attained a flexible and effective total solution. We noticed that PacketFront has a large number of well-functioning fibre facilities all over Europe, and that PacketFront’s technology is the most popular with both Norwegian and European FTTH operators.”
NetNordic supplies finished service modules with over 200 offers from 30 Norwegian and international service providers in the areas of TV, Internet, on-demand, games, entertainment and telephony. Users of the solution include Tönsberg Bredbånd and the metro networks in Oslo, Troms, Timm and Tafjord.
”Solutions for open metro networks provide operators with a clear diversification in a market currently dominated by traditional broadband and cable TV suppliers, who deliver monopoly services,” says NetNordic’s business development manager Tom Solberg. “Open networks provide competition, and this can be decisive for regional operators like Asker og Baerum.”
The key component in PacketFront’s broadband solution is the prize-winning control and commissioning system BECS™. BECS make it possible for operators to build and run wholly-automatic broadband networks with self-commissioning functionality “on demand.” This provides end users with the opportunity to increase capacity and select service themselves, without needing to wait for a third party to implement the changes. PacketFront will also supply Advanced Services Routers to Asker og Baerum Fibernett, such as customer-located equipment in the DRG series.
”We are excited to continue growing strongly in Norway,” says Niclas Sonesson, CEO of PacketFront. “Our solutions provide the option of rapid, fibre-based broadband services with freedom of choice and high quality to households and businesses, and we’re seeing increased interest from other network operators and energy companies in Norway.”
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