Altibox
Encyclopedia
Altibox is a unified brand for internet
, IPTV
and VoIP service distributed over 35 local Norwegian
and 6 Danish
FTTH networks. Altibox was set up by Southwestern Norwegian multi-utility firm Lyse Energi
in 2002 under the name Lyse Tele. They later changed the name to Altibox in 2009. Since 2002, the company has steadily been adding customers and distribution partners, with more than 250,000 homes connected. The vast majority of Altibox customers are self-install (over 80 per cent). Altibox’s strategy has been to agree with local communities a confirmed take-up rate of the service, at which point the distribution partner lays the backbone cabling.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
and VoIP service distributed over 35 local Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and 6 Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
FTTH networks. Altibox was set up by Southwestern Norwegian multi-utility firm Lyse Energi
Lyse Energi
Lyse is a power company based in Jæren and Ryfylke, Norway. The company operates ten hydroelectric and one thermal power plants, the power grid in 16 municipalities as well as fiberoptic broadband and other telecommunication services, natural gas distribution, district heating, burglar alarms,...
in 2002 under the name Lyse Tele. They later changed the name to Altibox in 2009. Since 2002, the company has steadily been adding customers and distribution partners, with more than 250,000 homes connected. The vast majority of Altibox customers are self-install (over 80 per cent). Altibox’s strategy has been to agree with local communities a confirmed take-up rate of the service, at which point the distribution partner lays the backbone cabling.