Funet the First Customer Connected to the Tele1 Europe Nordic Broadband Network

Funet the First Customer Connected to the Tele1 Europe Nordic Broadband Network Funet, the Finnish University and Research Network service provided by CSC - Center for Scientific Computing, has leased broadband data connections from Tele1 Europe. Funet was the first customer to be connected to the Tele1 Europe data broadband network, with the first connections in the Helsinki metropolitan area delivered on schedule in December. Tele1 Europe's network is Europe's fastest broadband network for data, Internet and voice services with an initial capacity to customers of up to 1 gigabit. We want to be at the center of development for different technologies and with Tele1 Europe we have created a flexible partnership, says Funet Director Markus Sadeniemi. Our aim is to provide Funet users with the fastest possible access to both the Internet and to the top-speed networks of the research community. With Tele1 Europe we can test the latest IP- based technology and stay in the forefront of application development. The Funet networks requirements for reliability and security is always increasing. To be able to meet these requirements, Funet needs solutions that are redundant and cost efficient, as well as easily maintainable. Tele1 Europe provides broadband connections for Funet's trunk network with three sites and a connection to Ficix. Funet is among the most advanced providers of Internet connections for universities and the research community in the Nordic countries and in the world, says Ivar Strömberg, Chief Executive Officer of Tele1 Europe. We are proud to be able to supply them with connections that promote Funet among the next generation of Internet services alongside Internet2 in the United States, CA*net3 in Canada and Surfnet in the Netherlands. For more information, please contact; Tele1 Europe Holding AB Funet Ivar Strömberg, CEO Funet Director Markus Sadeniemi Phone: +46 8 56 31 00 01, tel. +358-9-457 2711, Mobile: +46 701 81 00 01 markus.sadeniemi@csc.fi E-mail address: Development Manager Klaus ivar.stromberg@tele1europe.se Lindberg tel. +358-9-457 2041 klaus.lindberg@csc.fi About Tele1 Europe Tele1 Europe is a fast-growing data and telecommunications operator with interests in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The group's business concept is to offer broadband solutions for data, telephony and the Internet to large and medium-sized business and organisations in the Nordic countries. Tele1 Europe is currently the only Nordic data- and telecommunications operator investing in local access networks with broadband capacity. This construction is taking place in the nine largest cities in the Nordic countries. The access networks, which are linked together with a long-distance network, will be Europe's fastest "motorway" for data and Internet traffic with an initial capacity for customers of up to one gigabyte. http://www.tele1europe.com About FUNET - The Finnish University and Research Network FUNET stands for Finnish UNiversity and research NETwork. It is a network service that Center For Scientific Computing provides to the universities, polytechnic colleges and the research community. The service includes an access to the high-performance backbone network with outstanding connections to the rest of the Internet both inside the country and internationally. As the Nordic countries work in close cooperation in arranging network services for the university and research community, Funet is one of the shareholders of NORDUnet A/S, a Danish-based limited liability company, the other shareholders being SUNET Sweden, UNINETT Norway, DAREnet Denmark and ISnet Iceland. http://www.csc.fi/english/funet/funet-overview.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/27/20000228BIT00760/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/27/20000228BIT00760/bit0002.pdf