Excellence in Telecommunications for Sustainable Operations

Welcome to Tampnet's Research hub. 

Tampnet's network is unrivalled for low latency, high capacity, reliability and flexibility.

Our technology specialists are heavily involved in scientific research.  We partner with leading local and international universities and telecommunication associations to continuously develop new solutions and solve challenges faced by offshore operators. 

Through spearheading research, and implementing successful new innovations, our network continues to evolve to meet current and future demands, and our customers are assured of reliable connectivity for their critical operations and implementation of sustainability initiatives. 

Research Paper

Research and Development

Tampnet's Strategic Competence and Research team works with various institutions to conduct research and incorporate the latest technology and solutions into our network, ensuring we have the most reliable and sustainable infrastructure with the lowest latency for each route. 

Here you can download various papers that we have published for industry groups and conferences.

Research Papers

SubOptic 2025: Accelerating Delivery of a Complex Festoon System Outside the Coastline of Norway

SubOptic 2025: A Scalable Fibre Sensing Architecture for Telecom Operators 

SubOptic 2025: Sustainability of Subsea Optic Fibre Cables in the North Sea

SubOptic 2023: Detecting Link Anomalies using State of Polarisation (SoP) Analysis 

SubOptic 2023: Sustainability of Subsea Optic Fibre Cables in the North Sea

SubOptic 2023: Increasing Flexibility using Remote Optically Pumped Amplifier (ROPA) 

 

Associated Research Papers 

  Jostein Gjesdal, Operations Engineer. Master Thesis on:
Polarization Sensing in an Urban Environment - Exploring the Sensing Potential of Telecom Infrastructure 

  Alvaro Doval, Network Engineer. Master Thesis on: 
Spatial Resolution Analysis in Underwater SoP Monitoring

Whitepaper

Various whitepapers

Tampnet published whitepapers to give in-depth knowledge into our technologies and network architecture. 

By sharing our expertise and perspectives, we aim to support informed decision making and contribute to the broader dialogue around innovation in offshore critical communication. 

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Whitepaper - NORFEST

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Whitepaper - DAS and SoP

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Whitepaper - ABB Ability Digital Powertrain enabled by Tampnet Networks and powered by Ericsson IoT Accelerator

Articles

See various articles where our colleagues have contributed. 

  Anders Tysdal, CTO Infrastructure. Submarine Telecoms Forum Magazine: Sensing the Seabed

  Øyvind Skjervik, Chief Architect. Offshore Magazine: Full wireless coverage enables offshore digital transformation

  Cato Lammenes, VP and Head of Carrier. Computerworld: Norges digitale sokkel: Infrastrukturen som skal bære KI-økonomien

Posters

Poster presentations

Tampnet creates and showcases posters to visually communicate key research findings, technical innovations and network insights. They are often presented at industry conferences, offering an engaging way to highlight our work and contributions to advancing offshore connectivity.