AxyomCore is proud to support Telenor’s Autonomous Edge, a distributed 5G architecture developed through Telenor Open Lab to help remote and high-risk locations maintain connectivity even when disconnected from the central network.
The solution demonstrates how 5G core network capabilities can help address one of the most important challenges in modern mobile networks: keeping critical services online when backhaul connectivity is disrupted.
In the Telenor Open Lab deployment, the architecture includes a centrally located core in Fornebu and an on-premises edge core in Svalbard, approximately 2,000 kilometers apart. During normal operation, subscriber data, policies, and configurations are synchronized between the sites. If the connection to the central core is lost, the local edge core automatically takes over, allowing the remote site to continue operating as an autonomous 5G network.
This approach helps maintain continuity for essential services such as voice, data, and operational systems, without requiring manual intervention or moving into a reduced-functionality mode. The use case is particularly relevant for remote communities, public safety, industrial operations, and mission-critical environments where network outages caused by storms, fiber cuts, or extreme geography can have serious consequences.
Beyond resilience, the Autonomous Edge architecture also supports low-latency performance by enabling local traffic anchoring and breakout. This can benefit time-sensitive applications such as real-time video, remote control, monitoring systems, private networks, and industrial edge use cases.
AxyomCore’s cloud-native, edge-ready 5G core plays a key role in enabling this distributed architecture, supporting local service continuity, operational independence, and deployment flexibility in environments where space, resources, and connectivity may be limited. Further information on this success story can be found on AxyomCore telecom success stories.