Tagged in: Sweden
TeliaSonera’s LTE strategy showing progress
Sweden auctioned five technology and service neutral licenses in the 2.6GHz band in 2008. All but one of the licensees have focussed on providing mobile broadband services through LTE (Intel Capital acquired a licence which must be used with TDD, … Continue reading
Finland’s Broadband USO an inspiration for Europe
Europe’s governments are increasingly acting on the popular belief that the Internet should be a basic right, and that citizens not disposed to using IP-based services should nevertheless have access to its infrastructure. As such, governments either have already introduced … Continue reading
LTE is driving mobile broadband in Sweden
Mobile data use is set to grow rapidly in 2010 and 2011 in response to MNO investments in upgraded networks using HSPA and LTE technologies. Although much of this infrastructure upgrade was undertaken before consumer need was identified, the commercial … Continue reading
Sweden’s strong 3G sector supported by spectrum release
Sweden’s mobile network operators have been losing GSM subscribers since 2006 while net additions have been entirely from the 3G sector. By early 2010 the 3G sector will account for at least 42% of all mobile subscribers. All four MNOs … Continue reading
The Mobile Voice Market in Sweden
An innovator in the mobile sector, Sweden was the first country in Europe to have UMTS networks across all major operators. Slower subscriber growth in recent years, due to market saturation, has been enervated by greater consumer take-up for mobile … Continue reading
Digital media developments in Sweden
Digital switchover in Sweden, undertaken region by region, was completed nationwide by October 2007. Four digital TV multiplexes cover approximately 98% of the population and a fifth multiplex 50%. A sixth multiplex went live in mid-2007, with capacity reserved for … Continue reading
Swiss to join the Euro fibre club
Swisscom’s managers have clearly learned a few lessons from its Italian fibre operator FASTWEB, which it bought in 2007. By mid-2008, FASTWEB had invested over 3.6 billion in developing a 26,000 km fibre NGN covering over 160 towns. As the … Continue reading
Fastest mobile broadband in Scandinavia
Fastest mobile broadband in Scandinavia All Scandinavian countries have deployed some of Europe’s fastest mobile broadband technologies, enabling mobile broadband to become a true alternative to fixed-line networks. The region has also capitalised on the multi-dwelling environment within the larger … Continue reading
Instability in the Caucasus a worry for Euro telcos
Instability in the Caucasus a worry for Euro telcos, but TeliaSonera emerges a winner One of the arts of history is to enable current events to be more clearly understood. The crisis in the Caucasus may immediately be due to … Continue reading
Europe pressed to push fibre closer to the consumer
Europe pressed to push fibre closer to the consumer The case for fibre in Europe has been revitalised during the last few months. As late as the beginning of 2007 some of Europe’s major incumbents ˆ’ notably BT and France … Continue reading