TELE-POST, the government-owned telecommunications provider in Greenland, is undertaking a transformation project to modernize the network in association with Ericsson.

TELE-POST will deploy Ericsson Radio System in order to increase the speed and capacity of mobile broadband services for subscribers and enterprises. TELE-POST is also aiming to expand coverage for better service in remote villages. TELE-POST will also be using Ericsson Radio System for fixed wireless access in a number of settlements.

TELE-POST will implement Ericsson NFVi solution enabling services such as Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and local switching. The NFVi includes the network function virtualization infrastructure based on Ericsson BSP 8100, Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment and virtualized network functions such as the Ericsson virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) and Virtualized IP Multimedia Subsystem (vIMS).
“We are committed to providing Greenland’s residents and businesses with the best possible mobile connectivity. With Greenland’s extreme weather conditions, where many places are isolated geographically and only can be reached via boat or helicopter, we need a robust and high-quality network with market-leading solutions that will take us into the future,” said Kristian Davidsen, chief executive officer of TELE-POST.

Per Narvinger, head of Northern and Central Europe, Ericsson, said that the transformation project will improve connectivity across this massive island, home to the second largest body of ice in the world.

In 2016, TELE-POST selected Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), a part of Nokia, for the implementation of a new submarine cable system, named Greenland Connect North, to extend affordable high-speed Internet access to the northern part of the country.

Greenland Connect North will interconnect the cities of Nuuk, Maniitsoq, Sisimiut and Aasiaat. With a design capacity in excess of 4.4 terabit-per-second on the intercity links, Greenland Connect North will contribute to strengthening broadband communications for 20,000 citizens in the northern part of Greenland, a third of the country’s population.