GlobalConnect today announced its 2024 annual results, reporting 10% organic adjusted EBITDA growth alongside SEK 4.8 billion in network investments across Northern Europe. The company expanded its fiber footprint by 28,000 km, including the largest Nordic fiber project in a decade, and made progress on sustainability targets, meeting emissions goals ahead of time. In a year marked by heightened s
At this crucial time for Europe’s security and resilience, we commend your efforts to strengthen collective defence and protect critical infrastructure. Subsea cables play a vital role in Europe’s connectivity, competitiveness, defence readiness, and economic stability. We recommend the EU/EEA and UK authorities as well as NATO renew their collaboration to address this situation effectively, toget
GlobalConnect invests in a cutting-edge monitoring service platform from ScienceLogic that will provide operations teams with actionable insights to predict, detect, and resolve network and IT related problems faster. GlobalConnect expects this to further improve the customer experience.
GlobalConnect, a digital infrastructure company responsible for transporting more than half of all data traf
Phase 1 of the EU-funded Nordic Wave project, led by GlobalConnect, is now complete. This initiative enhances digital infrastructure in the Nordics by upgrading existing fiber networks. The project improves resilience and high-capacity data communication between Northern and Central Europe.
GlobalConnect AB, Cinia Oy, NORDUnet A/S, Tusass A/S, the Dutch Subsea Cable Coalition, and Tampnet AS have signed a European Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a Pan-Arctic Cable System (PACS). Recognizing the strategic importance of this initiative, the partners are committed to enhancing global digital connectivity through a robust and resilient submarine cable
Cloud strategies that drag on, old systems creating complexity, and recurring operational disruptions. When GlobalConnect maps out how Nordic IT managers view their digital infrastructure, the picture is clear: many face a difficult balancing act between innovation and stability – all while dealing with limited resources.
"This survey provides a unique insight into the challenges and opportunit
A Nordic consortium of five, are exploring the possibility of building one of the largest digital infrastructure projects in European history – a fiber cable spanning between Northern Europe and East Asia and US via the Arctic. The Project, called Polar Connect, has been granted 4 million Euros from the European Commission to fund the project phase: Polar Connect Step 1.
Today, 90% of all data
Recently, we have seen increased challenges for the digital infrastructure, with incidents where submarine cables have broken or been destroyed. To counteract this vulnerability, GlobalConnect has now completed a new land-based data communication connection between Sweden and Finland.
The new connection comprises three fiber optic cables between Sweden and Finland and is part of GlobalConnect'
Søren Gjevert Petersen has been appointed Head of Security Services at GlobalConnect, a newly established role responsible for the company's security solutions for business customers.
For Søren Gjevert Petersen, this marks a return to GlobalConnect, where he previously held the title Head of Security for Denmark and Germany.
This marks a return to GlobalConnect for Søren, who previously serv
The Nordic companies have agreed to a partnership to deploy Nokia’s next generation fiber technology to boost GlobalConnect’s rapid fiber expansion in the region. The rollout has started, with Nokia supplying the Finnish fiber rollout, in which GlobalConnect is investing 500 million Euros for the coming years. In addition to increased speed, the technology will lower the energy consumption of
GlobalConnect, one of the leading providers of digital infrastructure and data communication in Northern Europe, has appointed Andreas Gerhardt as new Country CEO for GlobalConnect in Germany. He will take over the responsibility of serving the German Business to Business segments and densify GlobalConnect’s footprint in the country.
Andreas Gerhardt is joining GlobalConnect with more than 25 y
GlobalConnect Group has hired Mads Friis Frand-Madsen as Quantum Engineer to develop concrete solutions that can protect the group’s customers from being attacked using quantum technology.
Quantum technology is a focus area for GlobalConnect Group because, in addition to being able to solve complex problems, the enormous computing power of quantum computers will be able to break the encrypt
GlobalConnect has entered an exclusive partnership with Oslo University's AI program and is simultaneously launching a new Center of Excellence to enhance the company’s competence and use of AI, advanced data analytics, and master data management. The goal is clear: to position GlobalConnect as a leading force in technology development and innovation by creating powerful tools that promote better
Nordic digital infrastructure and connectivity provider GlobalConnect Group has appointed Rikke Juul Rokkedal Therkildsen as new Director of Communications and Public Affairs.
More than half of the Nordics’ data traffic flows through GlobalConnect's infrastructure consisting of data centers and 235,000 km fiber network across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Northern Germany. In her n