Tele2 looks to reach nationwide LTE coverage by Q1 2016
Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 launched LTE service in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement.
Tele2 Netherlands said its LTE network will initially reach 92% of the country’s population, with full nationwide coverage planned by the end of the first quarter next year. The operator said that it plans to use carrier aggregation technology to offer customers maximum data speeds up to 225 megabits per second. The LTE service is being offered through spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, with plans to launch voice-over-LTE services next year.
Tele2’s initial service plans include a 24-gigabyte data bundle with unlimited voice and text messaging for 35 euros ($37.50) per month. The telco also plans to offer bundles of 1.5 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB.
“The Netherlands is the sixth country where we have opened our own 4G-infrastructure, and it is our intention to stimulate demand for mobile connectivity, by offering the Dutch population much larger, more affordable 4G data bundles,” the operator’s president and CEO Allison Kirkby said.
“Over the last three years price levels in the Netherlands have remained amongst the highest in Europe, and we’re here to shake up the market and start a data revolution, with the launch of our new super-fast LTE-Advanced mobile network,” Tele2 Netherlands’ CEO Jeff Dodds said.
The operator currently offers 2G and 3G services in the European country through a mobile virtual network operator program using T-Mobile’s network infrastructure. Tele2 said it expects to reach 20% market share in country’s mobile market.
Dutch mobile operators KPN, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Ziggo already provide LTE services in the country.
Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, content services, machine-to-machine and “Internet of Things” solutions. Tele2 currently has approximately 14 million customers in nine countries, including Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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