Tele2 Estonia has announced the launch of the Baltic Highway fibre connection from Finland via the Baltic States and Poland to Frankfurt and across Europe. Tele2 will provide Finnish companies with a new route to improve the security and capacity of connections as data volumes increase, bolstered by the overhead cable, which is difficult to break.
The cable runs along the Helsinki-Tallinn-Riga-Vilnius-Varniai-Warsaw-Frankfurt route. Customers can obtain a new connection within a few days, because the Baltic Highway is ready. Asse Hang, head of international sales at Tele2 Estonia, said the new fibre connection will be available to any interested Finnish company, whether a bank, operator, ICT company or data centre.
Tele2 said the Baltic Highway will particularly benefit customers moving large amounts of data to the Baltic States or Europe, or between Finland and the Baltic States. The decision to open the connection to Finland was based on the growing business activity between Finland, Estonia and the other other Baltic countries, and the need for businesses to have an alternative data connection to major European economic centres.
The strong growth of the Nordic data centre market is another factor, as Finland and the other Nordic countries are seen as attractive locations for their security, stable soil, cool climate and cheap electricity.
