Nordic presence in Portugal

Arelion

Telecommunications

Swedish tier-1 network operator — formerly Telia Carrier — that runs AS1299, ranked the world’s best-connected internet backbone. In December 2023 Arelion lit its first Portuguese Point-of-Presence at the Equinix LS1 data centre in Lisbon, plugging the country directly into its 80,000+ km global network.

HeadquartersSolna (Stockholm), Sweden
Former nameTelia Carrier (rebranded Arelion, 2022)
NetworkAS1299 “Twelve99” — ranked #1 globally for connectedness
Backbone80,000+ km of fibre, customers in 129 countries
Portuguese PoPEquinix LS1, Lisbon (since December 2023)
SectorTelecommunications / IP transit
DirectionSweden → Portugal

Corridor footprint

Arelion — the Solna-based tier-1 carrier formerly known as Telia Carrier — operates AS1299, the autonomous system consistently ranked number one in the world for connectedness, spanning more than 80,000 km of fibre and serving customers in 129 countries. In December 2023 the company opened its first Point-of-Presence in Portugal, at the Equinix LS1 data centre in Lisbon, giving Portuguese enterprise and wholesale customers direct on-ramps to its global IP backbone.

The investment tracks Lisbon’s emergence as one of Europe’s most important subsea-cable landing hubs: a growing cluster of transatlantic and Africa-facing cables has turned the Portuguese capital into a natural interconnection point between the EU, Africa and Latin America. By anchoring its backbone there, Arelion treats Lisbon as a routing gateway rather than a network edge — a meaningful upgrade to Portugal’s digital-infrastructure standing.

Why this matters for the corridor

Digital infrastructure is one of the clearest expressions of the Nordic–Portuguese corridor: a Swedish carrier investing in Lisbon to capture the value of Portugal’s subsea-cable boom. Arelion’s PoP complements the wave of data-centre investment around Lisbon and Sines, and gives Nordic and international enterprises a familiar, top-tier connectivity partner as they place workloads in Portugal.

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