one of the main goals of these strategies has been to increase the growth and productivity of the business community and to make it easier and cheaper to establish digital infrastructure such regional examples can be found throughout the nordic region for instance region norrbotten in northern sweden initiated a project called platform lumiora in cooperation with the municipalities of norrbotten norrbotten county council and it norrbotten with the aim of speeding up the expansion of highspeed internet in the region also region holland located on swedens west coast has developed a strategy for the crossborder expansion of highspeed broadband to ensure that of households in rural areas will be offered a fibre connection