TeliaSonera launches 4G services in Stockholm, Oslo

Infrastructure to be provided by Ericsson in Stockholm, and Huawei in Oslo

TeliaSonera has launched 4G services commercially to customers in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway, which it claims will open up new possibilities for customers to use services on their laptops, requiring high transmission speed and capacity such as web TV broadcasting, online gaming and web conferences.

The company claims that the new services offer maximum speeds of up to 100Mb/s and are approximately 10 times faster than existing 3G networks. The Stockholm 4G city network is supplied by Ericsson while the Oslo 4G city network is supplied by Huawei. The modems at launch come from Samsung.

TeliaSonera has three nation wide 4G/LTE licenses; in Sweden, Norway and also recently in Finland. The network roll out is in progress to offer 4G to Sweden's and Norway's largest cities.

Kenneth Karlberg, president and head of mobility services at TeliaSonera, said: We are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services. The use of mobile broadband in the Nordic countries is exploding and customers need higher speeds and capacity. This is why we launch 4G services in both Stockholm and Oslo.

Being first out with new technology gives us unique experience that we can use on all our markets. We will continue the roll-out to offer our customers new communication services for the future.”

Evaluation of suppliers for TeliaSonera's common 4G core network and radio networks in the Nordic and Baltic countries is in progress and vendors are expected to be selected in the beginning of 2010.

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