 In November 1999 he became chair of an advisory committee on
Broadband Communication for the Norwegian Department for Municipal and Regional Affairs.He held a part-time position at Simula Research Laboratory from 2001, when the research institute was opened.In June 1990, he received an honorary doctorate from Lund University, Sweden, and in June 1991 he became the first individual to be given an honorary doctorate by Aalborg University, Denmark.