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SWEDEN-TeliaSonera Sweden has launched its nationwide Telia GO third-generation network. Telia GO will provide TeliaSonera customers with access to mobile Internet at broadband speeds and access to video calling on …

Nortel Networks Ltd. is in talks to divest most of its major operations, including factories and supply chains, to Flextronics Inc., a contract electronics manufacturer. If the talks materialize, it …

HELSINKI, Finland-Telia in Sweden said it is now offering video clips of news by the Swedish agency TT to its TeliaGo customers. Users can download the video clips to their …

NEW YORK-Swedish company Tele2 AB said its Swedish UMTS venture, Svenska UMTS-Nat, reached an agreement with a banking consortium to downsize its loan facility from nearly $1.4 billion to $872 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 …

HELSINKI, Finland-The four mobile operators in Finland have jointly formed a new company to manage the mobile number portability (MNP) solution in the country. Swedish consultancy Northstream worked with the …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Reports from Finland suggest that mobile operator TeliaSonera, which this week has signed a number of interconnect agreements for multimedia messaging services (MMS) and announced plans to launch third-generation …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-As expected, the merger of Sweden’s Telia and Finland’s Sonera will see layoffs in the second quarter of 2003, and TeliaSonera’s Swedish and Finnish operations said they have both …

OSLO, Norway-An agreement among Sweden’s operators to allow customers to send multimedia messaging services (MMS) between competing networks has failed to encompass all the country’s operators, as giant TeliaSonera has …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Telia Denmark is introducing a charge of 44 U.S. cents for its multimedia messaging service following a free introductory period, which ends at the end of this month. The …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the …

HELSINKI, Finland-DNA Finland, the Finnish regional telecom group, has displaced Virgin Mobile as the lead contender to acquire Telia Mobile’s network operations in Finland. DNA is reported to have placed …

Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services. “Movilnet’s subscribers will be able to access the cdma2000 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia’s mobile subscribers will be able to access Hotmail e-mail sent via short message service to their mobile phones under a new deal the operator signed with MSN, Microsoft’s …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Anders Igel, chief executive officer of Telia, has agreed to relinquish his appointment to the board of the combined TeliaSonera, putting to rest complaints from the Finnish government that …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Finnish government has objected to a decision by Telia shareholders to elect Telia’s chief executive to the board of the merged company, a stumbling block reminiscent of the …

HELSINKI, Finland and OSLO, Norway-Hutchison Whampoa and Investor-backed Hi3G, which will operate under the brand name “3,” will join Swedish third-generation (3G) license holders seeking rollout extensions. Hi3G has confirmed …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange may appeal the ruling by Swedish national telecom regulator PTS, which rejected any changes to the conditions of its third-generation (3G) license. Orange asked for a …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia’s launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Telia has set US$100 million as the minimum bid price that the Swedish operator will accept for subsidiary Telia Mobile’s assets and mobile business operations in Finland. The Swedish …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The Swedish joint venture Svenska UMTS-nat AB signed a $1.2 billion term loan and revolving credit facility for its third-generation rollout. Margins, fees and allocations were not disclosed. Svenska …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnet, the Helsinki-based umbrella association for 40 local telecom operators in Finland, has adopted an aggressive position to competing with rival operators Sonera and Elisa for mobile and fixed-line …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden-based Telia Mobile said it signed a framework agreement with third-generation operator Hi3G for colocating masts. Hi3G is the Swedish 3G subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and is building …

HELSINKI, Finland-Danish, Swedish and German telecom companies TDC, Telia and Deutsche Telekom are showing an interest in acquiring the Stockholm, Sweden-based communications and financial services group Kinnevik’s 33.5-percent shareholding in …