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7 QUESTIONS WITH INGER GLOERSEN FOLKESON Talking Network Trends With Bulk Fiber Networks’ Executive Vice President
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WHAT IS BULK FIBER NETWORKS’ MISSION?
Bulk’s mission is to accelerate the evolution towards sustainable connectivity. The Nordics offer affordable and abundant clean hydropower enabling large-scale data processing to operate sustainably while minimizing costs. Bulk’s fiber networks are connecting the Nordics with the world’s major markets through scalable, sustainable infrastructure.
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HOW DOES BULK FIBER NETWORKS PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBMARINE CABLE MARKET?
We are a neutral fiber network provider delivering flexible, diversified and sustainable digital connectivity solutions. Today we have more than 10,000 km of dark fiber routes available, including both intercontinental and
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intra-Nordic infrastructure that links to major European and US markets.
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IS BULK FIBER NETWORKS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH MANY NEW SUBMARINE CABLE PROJECTS?
Our next large cable project is the Leif Erikson subsea system, which will connect two of the main renewable giants in the world, the Nordics and Atlantic Canada, in order to grow sustainable digital infrastructure driven by an abundance of renewable energy. The system will also secure a true diverse route avoiding the route similarities in other trans-Atlantic networks. The Leif Erikson Cable System will consist of a 4,200 km direct link between southern Norway and Atlantic-Canada connecting into Goose Bay, including plans to extend the system terrestrially
