The US IT company Cisco will partner with Reykjavík Fibre Network to provide Icelandic homes with 1000 megabits per second Internet speeds in 2016. The partnership is intended to provide a test bed for smart homes and communities.
According to a press release by Cisco the two companies hope to promote and encourage “cutting-edge new third party technologies”: “Third party companies with cutting edge smart solutions and Internet of Everything technologies are invited to pioneer them on top of this platform, create case studies, and reference installations in Iceland.”
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Cisco explains that the choice of Iceland and the Reykjavik Fibre Network was based the fact that the company “builds and operates one of the most advanced and unique True Open Access Fibre Networks.” The company currently offers 100% Fibre to the Home connectivity to all homes in Reykjavik, and aims at connecting every home in the greater capital region by 2018. A further reason for the choice, according to the press release, is that Reykjavík runs on 100% green energy, hydro- and geothermal power, “thus making the environmental footprint of data and communications activities marginal.”
Peter Karlströmer, Cisco’s Senior Vice President for Northern Europe, said: “With the open access network in place, and 100% penetration in Reykjavik City, the only limits to its use are people’s imagination about how to use it. I can see that Reykjavik’s Fibre Networks, based on Cisco’s technology, would be a perfect test location for pioneers and innovators of all things smart”, including the Internet of Everything.
The US IT company Cisco will partner with Reykjavík Fibre Network to provide Icelandic homes with 1000 megabits per second Internet speeds in 2016. The partnership is intended to provide a test bed for smart homes and communities.
According to a press release by Cisco the two companies hope to promote and encourage “cutting-edge new third party technologies”: “Third party companies with cutting edge smart solutions and Internet of Everything technologies are invited to pioneer them on top of this platform, create case studies, and reference installations in Iceland.”
Read more: Iceland holds the world record in Internet use: 98% of Icelanders are online
Cisco explains that the choice of Iceland and the Reykjavik Fibre Network was based the fact that the company “builds and operates one of the most advanced and unique True Open Access Fibre Networks.” The company currently offers 100% Fibre to the Home connectivity to all homes in Reykjavik, and aims at connecting every home in the greater capital region by 2018. A further reason for the choice, according to the press release, is that Reykjavík runs on 100% green energy, hydro- and geothermal power, “thus making the environmental footprint of data and communications activities marginal.”
Peter Karlströmer, Cisco’s Senior Vice President for Northern Europe, said: “With the open access network in place, and 100% penetration in Reykjavik City, the only limits to its use are people’s imagination about how to use it. I can see that Reykjavik’s Fibre Networks, based on Cisco’s technology, would be a perfect test location for pioneers and innovators of all things smart”, including the Internet of Everything.
