Fibre-optic cables have been laid down from the premises of the various car testing companies to the primary node in each municipal area and then connected to commercial regional and national networks, where teleoperators offer a variety of services and capacity at competitive prices.

The project is financed by Nutek, Vattenfall and the county administration boards of Norrbotten and Västerbotten as well as other projects within Norrbotten.

The project includes the municipalities of Arjeplog, Arvidsajur, Sorsele, Malå, Älvsbyn, Jokkmokk and Kiruna.

The cables contain 12-48 fibres.
Only so-called “black fibre“ cables have been used which means that it is possible for the operators to rent fibre pairs, create light in the the cable and thereby offer broadband services to the car testing companies.

Facts

• Laying down the fibre cables took 144 days.
  
• The cost is 23 million SEK of which about 12 million SEK comes from existing projects
  
• 350 kms of fibre cables have been built
  
• Most of the cables have been hung on existing power line poles.
  
• The fibre cables have almost unlimited capacity.
  
• The tele-operators are offering broadband services this winter season.