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Sweden's PTS to involve more operators in national defence preparations in 2021

Tuesday 23 February 2021 | 13:51 CET | News
Swedish communication regulator PTS has published a report detailing its contribution in 2020 to Sweden's comprehensive defence preparations. It stepped up dialogue with operators, stressed the need for back-up power, set requirements for modifying portable mobile base stations, worked on increasing protection for critical IT infrastructure nodes, and sounded out postal service requirements, among other things. Meetings with operators will continue in 2021 and more providers will be involved.

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