Finnish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nokia will increase the number of routers provided to Ukraine to equip schools to 5 thousand routers, said Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov after a meeting with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark in Davos.
“After February 24, we received 1,770 routers from Nokia, which provide Internet for school shelters. A second batch of 3,230 more routers will arrive soon. They will allow tens of thousands of children to safely continue learning in school shelters during air raids,” Fedorov wrote in his telegram feed Friday.
Also among future projects, he said, is the construction of an Internet backbone line across the Black Sea.
“This will make Ukraine more attractive to top technology companies such as Amazon and Meta,” the deputy prime minister said.
He added that Nokia’s CEO also suggested creating a local group of experts to advise on the restoration, sustainability and modernization of Ukraine’s digital infrastructure.
