Absilion sends congratulations to PiteEnergi, whose metropolitan network pite.com now has been certified by Absilion as complying to the industry's own standard called "secure customer connection", SEC.

- We think that secure customer connections is equally important as great capacity and performance. High security is a prerequisite for good quality, says Johan Nilsson, metro network manager at PiteEnergi.

For customers that are connected to a broadband network to be certain that their services do not fall into the wrong hands, it is required that the network is built correctly and that the equipment is configured correctly. In addition, it is often desirable that the network operator can trace unwanted traffic. This assumes that the correct security features are used by the network.

- The requirements for being certified are high and it is pleasing to note that PiteEnergi's network complies with those requirements, says Mats Nordlund, CEO at Absilion.

Absilion's ambition is to continue to carry out certification of metro networks in the rest of the country to create a more secure infrastructure in Sweden.

For further information, contact:

Mats Nordlund, CEO, Absilion
+46 - 70 - 634 60 20
mats.nordlund@absilion.com

or

Johan Nilsson, metro network manager, PiteEnergi
+46 - 70-629 20 69
johan.nilsson@piteenergi.se