Tele2 Sweden supplies dark fibre for new Sunet network
This deal means the closing of a circle – through a very important cornerstone of Swedish internet history. In the very beginning of the 90’s Jan Stenbeck took over the commercial Internet users from Sunet. This agreement was made with Comvik Skyport, a company that later would change names to Tele2. The product of the deal was a new company called Swipnet, which became Sweden's first commercial ISP when the business started 1 January 1991.
Sunet’s existing network OptoSUNET was commissioned in 2006. The new agreement means that Tele2 will deliver optical fiber connections to Sunet upgrading its nationwide network between all the country's universities, colleges and other institutions, such as cultural institutions, who will be connected on the Sunet network.
Stefan Bengtsson to the left and Thomas Ekman.
Sunet’s current provider agreement expires in December 2016 which is the reason for the procurement of a new dark fiber network. The new network contains two parts - the fiber optic network and network equipment. The deal with Tele2 covers the delivery of fiber infrastructure. Network equipment has evolved over the ten years that have passed, and Sunet will now implement improvements in both equipment and design of the network itself.
Sunet will continuously report on the building of the new network - watch out for more info on sunet.se
