Alaskan Senator cites rural Alaska in vote supporting “net neutrality”
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined two other Republicans who broke GOP ranks to vote with Democrats on Wednesday in an
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Norway blames Russian troops for GPS jamming near border
Intensive military training on the Russian side of the border creates increasing communications troubles for nearby Norwegians. The Norwegian Ministry
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Russia to link military installations with trans-Arctic cable
Starting in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula, in Northwestern Russia, the fiber-optic line will provide state-of-the art tele- and data
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Bilingual signs for Norway-Russia borderland bridge?
On Friday, Norway’s Minister of Transport and Communication Ketil Solvik-Olsen and Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport Sergey Aristov officially opened
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Arctic Council ministerial – View from Finland
The United States hands the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship to Finland on May 11th in Fairbanks, Alaska. Foreign ministers
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Finland storm knocks out mobile networks
This weekend’s power cuts in Finland, caused by heavy wet snow on power lines, have also caused severe disruption to
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Sweden can learn from NATO: politician
Sweden is considering joining StratCom, a NATO cyber defence think-tank created to fight propaganda and disinformation on social media and more traditional news outlets.
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Where are Finland’s fastest internet connections? (hint, not in the North)
The speed of Internet connections – their capacity to send and receive information – varies from location to location, and
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Swedes pay more than neighbors for mobile broadband
Surfing on a cellphone costs Swedes more than users in neighboring Nordic lands, according to a price review. Swedish Television
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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska
Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable
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Column: Journalists want to report on Barents region – Here’s why it’s not working
In basically every newsroom in the Barents region you can find journalists who are willing to report about what is
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Proposed cuts to public broadcasting funding rile rural Alaska radio listeners
JUNEAU — Facing the prospect of possibly devastating cuts proposed by a legislative committee, fans of public radio and television are
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High-speed broadband rapidly expanding to rural areas in Finland
Finland has rapidly extended its high-speed communication network to sparsely populated areas. Over one million utility poles have already been
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Sweden should make full transition to digital radio by 2022: report
Sweden should make a full transition to digital radio by 2022, according to a plan presented to the government and
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Ice Wireless makes a pitch for 911 service in northern Canada
A telephone company in the Arctic town of Inuvik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories says it can provide a better 911
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