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Norlys introduces cybersecurity insurance for customers

Danish utility and telecom group Norlys has launched cybersecurity insurance in partnership with Topdanmark to offer its customers protection against internet fraud. Norlys cited a recent survey that showed 150,000 Danes to be victim of internet crimes, including credit card fraud and identity theft, each year. The launch marks an extension of the protection Norlys […]

Norlys board reps approve Telia Denmark acquisition

An extraordinary meeting of Danish energy and telecom provider Norlys’ board of representatives has approved the company’s decision to buy Telia Danmark, an acquisition that will give its telecom arm a mobile play, enabling it to offer a full range of multi-play service to compete with the likes of Nuuday. Norlys signed an agreement with […]

Denmark’s Norlys hires architecture and data chief

Danish energy and telecom provider Norlys, which owns cable and fibre service provider Stofa, has named Lasse Engel Pedersen as VP for Architecture and Data in its IT department.  Pedersen, who starts on August 1, will be responsible for how the group becomes more data-driven going forward and will, among other things, be at the […]

Denmark’s Norlys furthers national reach ambition with Fibia deal

Danish energy and telecom company Norlys is close to achieving national reach for its TV and internet service provider Stofa after striking a deal with Zealand fibre operator Fibia to provide its services to 500,000 homes served by Fibia’s network. Norlys already supplies TV and internet to 850,000 households, and now has access to 350,000 […]

Norlys launches nationwide TV offering for Denmark

Danish energy and telecom provider Norlys has made its TV offering available nationwide, irrespective of whether customers sit in its network areas. Norlys said it had struck new agreements with content suppliers that mean it can now provide a complete TV line-up via the Norlys Play app on a standalone basis. Previously, the app was […]

Nuuday’s YouSee extends reach with GlobalConnect Privat deal

Danish service provider Nuuday has struck an agreement with fibre operator GlobalConnect Privat – formerly known as Onefiber – to make its YouSee and Hiper-branded TV and internet services available over the GlobalConnect Privat network. The agreement means that YouSee and Hiper services will be made available to homes covered by the EQT-owned GlobalConnect Privat […]

Norlys names new fibre business sales chief

Danish service provider Norlys, which owns the Stofa cable and pay TV operator, has named Ole Andersen as the new sales director for its fibre business.  Based at Norlys’ head office in Silkeborg, he will be responsible for Norlys Fibernet’s sales activities towards 13 internet and TV service providers as well as several partnerships in […]

Stofa to lose 40,000 homes as Aarhus’ AFAA switches providers

Danish cable operator Stofa, owned by utility company Norlys, is set to lose 40,000 homes in Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus, as a result of a decision by its local antenna association partner Antenneforeningen Aarhus (AFAA) to take over the local network and award the contract to supply services to alternative providers. Following a recent […]

Norlys opens up more fibre to multiple providers

Danish utility group Norlys has opened up the fibre network in the cities of Randers and Hobro in North-East Jutland following its acquisition of the networks covering the area from Verdo earlier this year. According to Norlys, the citizens of Randers and Hobro can now chose between up to 12 internet and TV service providers […]

Denmark’s Stofa moves to app TV, phasing out set-top boxes

Danish cable operator Stofa, owned by energy utility Norlys, is migrating its TV offering to a fully app-based service and is phasing out its set-top boxes. New customers for the service will be able to access it by buying either an Apple TV box or a Chromecast streaming stick. Stofa has launched a new TV […]