Fortum’s estimated need for WAN connections are over 500 connections for all countries Fortum operates in. The most important countries are currently Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Baltic countries. There are also about 12 other countries where connections are also needed. Russia connections are an option.
Additionally, Fortum is looking forward to cost efficient services and full flexibility to quickly scale services up and down based on Fortum business mergers and acquisitions and constantly changing business needs.
Fortum is looking for 2 main connectivity models, WAN connectivity for Fortum Services and Internet breakout connectivity.
Besides traditional WAN connectivity Fortum is targeting additional flexibility and cost efficiency using new technologies (E.g. SD-WAN).