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EU sovereignTelephony & VoIPHeadquarters: NO

Telio: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Telio is a Norwegian VoIP and mobile telephony brand operated by NextGenTel AS in Bergen. Private customers can use IP telephony over broadband, an app for calling over Wi-Fi, international calling plans, mobile broadband and mobile subscriptions. Business VoIP is offered through a separate business portal. The service is delivered as a telephony service, so beyond the optional app no software is needed.

NextGenTel AS is based in Bergen, Norway. Norway is part of the European Economic Area, so the company is subject to the GDPR through the EEA agreement. The ownership chain of the group is not publicly documented. Public information does not state where customer data is stored, so a European organisation should request written confirmation of storage locations and sub-processors.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EEA: the GDPR applies directly
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
HeadquartersNO (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryTelephony & VoIP
TypeProduct
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Telio

The European alternatives to Telio come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Telio

Telio is headquartered in NO, which falls under the GDPR through the European Economic Area. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Telio scores best on data residency.

Telio is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Telio together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Telio?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Telio include A1 Telekom Austria, Adversus and Auerswald. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Telio?

Our list of EU alternatives to Telio is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Telio GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Telio is headquartered in NO (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. That makes Telio an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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