BaneTele

BaneTele AS
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded1996
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Jan Morten Ruud (CEO)
ProductsFiberoptic network
Number of employees
150 (2006)
ParentNorwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, Bredbåndsalliansen
Websitewww.banetele.no

BaneTele was a Norwegian part state owned telecommunications company previously part of the Norwegian State Railways. The company provided stem fiberoptic cable network in Norway along the railway and power grid. The company had its headquarters in Oslo.

The company only offered the central network capacity, not any content. Along with Telenor it was the only company to offer central network services, covering 70 cities north to Tromsø. The company sold its products to smaller customers through agents or other operators while larger customers could purchase directly from BaneTele. In total the BaneTele network was 12,500 km long.