OK, maybe no videotapes. Late last week TeliaSonera released its half-yearly transparency report detailing the amount of lawful intercept requests coming from the government agencies in Sweden and Finland. You will see by the chart to the right that although these figures are comparatively...
There is a new order in Ireland's wireless market, with 3 now No. 2. The operator, which is owned by the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, this week completed its $1.15 billion buyout of Telefónica's O2. The deal gives 3 nearly 40% of the market share...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Sweden-based TeliaSonera International Carrier said it...
TeliaSonera, the dominant carrier in Sweden and Finland, saw its profits slip as mobile sales continued to slow. Sales for the carrier's main mobile unit decreased by 3.5% to $3.64 billion. Net income fell 4% to $600 million in line with analyst estimates.
“Our markets continue...
Orange, France's largest carrier, is looking to take over the triple play provider Jazztel, sources told Bloomberg News. The mobile operator Yoigo, currently owned by Stokholm-based TeliaSonera is also a potential target. The moves by Orange follow earlier reports that U.K.-based Vodafone had bid for...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Rural wireless operator Nex-Tech Wireless commercially...
--Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera said it has become the first carrier in Europe to begin offering LTE roaming to Danish customers visiting Sweden. The carrier, which was the first operator to launch LTE services in 2009, said the move is the first step towards...
Service providers that prioritize opportunities, place their teams properly, participate knowledgeably in the supply chain, form partnerships effectively and establish credible personae are bound for success in the machine-to-machine services market.
Nokia Siemens Networks| August 31, 2011 | Press Release
Under the two-year agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize TeliaSonera Finland’s existing GSM and 3G networks, and roll out new LTE services. TeliaSonera was the first operator in the world to commercially launch 4G services −...
Nokia Siemens Networks said it has struck a deal with Nordic-based operator TeliaSonera to “modernize” the carrier’s network in Finland.The two-year deal calls for NSN to update TeliaSonera’s existing GSM and 3G networks and bolster the equipment for the rollout of LTE services using...
TeliaSonera | August 11, 2011 | Press Release
At the Turkcell Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting (EGM) held today, TeliaSonera, once again, raised the issue of replacing the Chairman with a truly independent Board member in order to resolve the current deadlock at the Board and...
TeliaSonera | July 22, 2011 | Press Release
The reduction of share capital by means of cancellation of shares resolved upon on April 6, 2011 by the annual general meeting in TeliaSonera has now been effected after the Swedish Companies Registrations Office’s approval of the...
TeliaSonera | July 21, 2011 | Press Release
Telia Norge AS, a company owned by TeliaSonera has entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in North Sea Communications AS (NSC) to HitecVision for approximately SEK 170 million. NSC operates a fiber optical...
TeliaSonera | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
A united TeliaSonera shows stronger profitability
Second quarter
Net sales in local currencies and excluding acquisitions increased 3.0 percent. In reported currency, net sales decreased 4.3 percent to SEK 25,894 million (27,065).
The addressable cost base in local currencies and...
TeliaSonera | July 12, 2011 | Press Release
TeliaSonera’s Interim Report January – June 2011, will be announced on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at around 7:15 (CET) and a presentation will be available at www.teliasonera.com (http://www.teliasonera.com/) before the press and analyst conference.
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Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) is taking its machine-to-machine communications strategy seriously. So much so, that the German-based operator just inked an agreement with TeliaSonera (TLSNF) to extend global M2M roaming capabilities to Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Lithuania. DT signed a deal with France...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Africa: With Microsoft to extend customer management solution to include Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The customer management solution is part of Alcatel-Lucent's Business Support System (BSS) suite which includes customer information systems such as call...
LTE is gaining momentum fast, according to a recent report by ABI Research, which claims there will be 16 million mobile LTE subscribers by the end of this year.LTE networks are currently running in a dozen countries, and as of March, 100 LTE-ready devices...
BARCELONA, Spain – Single radio access networks are just the beginning of how new wireless networks should be architected, said Dr. Bernhard Scholl, VP, Deutsche Telekom, during a panel at the LTE Forum here. The baseband components need to be able to support different...
RCR Wireless News will be broadcasting live beginning at 9:30 a.m. CET Feb. 16 from the LTE Forum @ App Planet during Mobile World Congress. The Monetizing Mobile Broadband session, sponsored by platinum sponsor Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., is designed to explore the coming...
Trying to figure out winners and losers in the LTE space is going to take a few years to figure out, as operators test networks and announce trials before going commercial, but a new report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association on LTE attempts...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:TeliaSoneraNorway: With Ericsson to modernize and expand the northern part of TeliaSonera's Norwegian network and to roll out 4G/LTE in the same region.Value: UndisclosedBarrett Xplore Inc.Canada: With Tellabs to help roll out a broadband system using...
