connecting the north
Under the Sea
KystTele was established in April 2005. The company operates a fiber optic cable between Narvik in Northern Norway and Trondheim in Southern Norway, Nesna – Mo i Rana and Fauske – Tromsø, altogether a length of 1600 km.
The cable system between Nesna and Mo i Rana (“Tverrlinken”) bind together the infrastructure along the coast with the inland fiber optic infrastructure, as well as connecting to Sweden from Mo i Rana. Using analyses that test thermal penetration, the cable’s remaining service life is over 30 years.
Kysttele has also initiated the new project «Robust Nord-Norge«, which is a new fiber cable that will extend from Trondheim to Alta. Kysttele is the sole owner of the project and is carrying out the development independently.
The project involves constructing a 1,650-kilometer fiber route, aiming to enhance Northern Norway’s robustness, diversity and redundancy. The laying of the new fiber cable is scheduled to start summer of 2025.
Robust Nord-Norge - A historic leap in security, diversity and redundancy in Northern Norway
The Robust Nord-Norge project is a strategic fibre infrastructure initiative led by Kysttele, aimed at significantly enhancing digital resilience and connectivity across Northern Norway. The project involves the construction of a new high-capacity fibre optic cable stretching from Trondheim to Alta.
The initiative comes at a time of increasing tension in the High North. Subsea infrastructure is considered a vulnerable target in a hybrid threat landscape. The project is also a result of the increasing extreme weather events, like the storm Ingunn in 2024 where two fiber cable-systems went down simultaneously.
The project aims to enhance redundancy, improve security and support existing digital services.
Kysttele - Serving Customer Needs
As the market demands for broadband is increasing heavily due to increased multimedia use and the end customers are not accepting down time.
Kystteles cable currently extends from Narvik to Trondheim, and over 80% of the cable is positioned in Northern Norway. Northern Norway is the most price competitive area in terms of energy, and this is due to their overproduction of hydro based electricity and limited grid capacity out of the region. Norway gives asymmetric prices compared to the other Nord-Pool regions. The overproduction of clean energy have is expected to lead to establishments of Hyper Scale Data Centres in the region.
Kysttele cooperates with Arctic Capacity to offer comprehensive services for the international datacenter industry that would like to establish business in the arctic region of Norway.
Services
Todays society is experiencing a rapid change, and Kysttele strives to offer services that will contribute to a green, safe and sustainable world.