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  • EU boosts funding for Polar Connect to accelerate Arctic subsea cable development and strengthen Europe’s digital resilience

    Polar Connect, an Arctic submarine cable system linking Europe, North America, and East Asia, has been granted €5 million from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). Developed with key European partners including GlobalConnect, the project is among the most strategically important digital infrastructure initiatives of the coming decade. The new funding supports work to strengthen Europe’s digi

  • First Nordic hospital establishes quantum-secure network

    For the first time, GlobalConnect is launching a quantum-secure network connection for a customer in the Nordics. In collaboration with Norsk helsenett, the company will conduct a pilot project to test how to protect sensitive health data at a hospital near Oslo against future threats from quantum computers.

  • New Whitepapers: The Nordics must strengthen their digital preparedness to avoid a digital blackout

    National, sector-specific emergency plans are no longer enough to protect the Nordic region from a large-scale digital outage. In a series of new whitepapers, GlobalConnect calls for a strategic shift—treating digital infrastructure as a security asset, on par with the energy and supply sectors, and more Nordic collaboration
    Several days without internet across large parts of a country may soun

  • Four new subsea cables will strengthen Baltic Sea digital infrastructure

    GlobalConnect have initiated a project to establish four new subsea cable systems in the Baltic Sea. The new cables will connect Sweden, Estonia and Finland effectively creating a ~550 km long-haul route, adding new routes for long-haul capacity offerings.
    New subsea cables (~300km) will be constructed between Gotland, Sweden to the Estonian islands, Saaremaa, and Hiiumaa, before extending inla

  • GlobalConnect unites IT and Technology under new CTIO, Alexander Hoffmann

    GlobalConnect has appointed Alexander Hoffmann as Group Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO) and Senior Vice President, effective October 1, 2025.
    To accelerate its next strategic phase, GlobalConnect is uniting IT, Technology, and Engineering under one leadership structure and has appointed Alexander Hoffmann as Group Chief Technology & Information Officer (CTIO) and Senior Vi

  • New GlobalConnect subsea cable to link Sweden and Finland — securing Baltic connectivity

    GlobalConnect, the leading Digital Infrastructure provider in the Nordics, has started the process of implementing a new subsea cable between Sweden and Finland, via Åland. The project, an investment of ~ 14 million euros, is set for completion by the end of 2026. Once operational, it will boost redundancy in the region and add significant capacity to transport more data.
    The demand for secu

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