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Teliasonera launches 4G services

Sweden and Norway get it first
Mon Dec 14 2009, 17:20

TELIASONERA HAS CLAIMED its position as the first mobile operator in the world to offer its users 4G services.

Today the firm announced that it is launching 4G services commercially to its customers in Stockholm and Oslo, which for those without access to a map or an education, are in Sweden and Norway, respectively.

The firm said that its 4G LTE service will give users in those areas the high quality mobile communications that they need. "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," said Kenneth Karlberg, president and head of mobility services at Teliasonera.

Teliasonera is the proud owner of three 4G licences, the last of which can be used in Finland, so it looks like Finnish users will be next in line for the services, which are supposed to be up to ten times faster than comparable 3G ones. "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," added Karlberg.

The Stockholm 4G city network is supplied by Ericsson, the Oslo one by Huawei, and Samsung is providing the necessary modems. But getting all those names into the headline would have been a bit of a bind. µ

 

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Why

I get 2 megaBYTE/s downloads on my HSDPA phone right now. Do we really need more than that? Especially when my plumbed in home broadband is only about 150 kilobytes/s. When we all have gigabit internet at home, then we should start working on faster mobile tech.

posted by : Matt Hall, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
@Kaos

No point spending trillions if the damn thing can't multi-task. Haarp can also transmit undetectable low frequency waves utilising Cell towers, cellphones and lot more consumer devices. The rabit hole goes deeper and deeper. Start reading www.sott.net if you wish to learn more about everything that is it!

posted by : Sid, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
NeuReal and SurReal NEUKlearer Triggers

"People want to sit down in the middle of nowhere and download useless crap at ridiculous speeds,.." .... posted by : VP, 14 December 2009

VP,

The Real Smart Operator/Future Generation Network is all about Internetworking ProVision for people who want to sit down in the middle of nowhere and download leading information at ridiculous speeds. The useless crap is for the amusement of the masses.

"But I was told by the Internet that Haarp was the cause of earth quakes, now you tell me its all about mind control!" ..... posted by : Kaos, 15 December 2009 ...... Kaos, the Internet is all about sublime mind control ...... aka Semantic Web dDevelopment? :-)

And it is multi-faceted and has many virulent contributary streams in order to reach guerilla deep and business wide ..... http://amanfrommars.baywords.com/2009/12/15/091215/

posted by : amanfromMars, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
@Sid

Thanks for the laugh Sid... :D

But I was told by the Internet that Haarp was the cause of earth quakes, now you tell me its all about mind control!

You've made me question the validity of information I find on the internet posted by users.

BRING BACK DRASHEK! (A least he obviously makes no sence).

posted by : Kaos, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
LTE is NOT 4G!

LTE is NOT 4G!

posted by : anonymous, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
Will it finally mean a guarenteed 2mb connection with a USB dongle sim card thingy?!?

Yeah will 4G give us reliable speed or is it just another headline salesmen bullshit statement while the product miserably fails to provide reliable consisitent speed.

Bah humbug. ;-)

posted by : interested_party, 15 December 2009 Complain about this comment
True HSDPA is Enough

I don't care 4G / HSDPA+. Especially with a dumm GM. Dumm GM (I hate Indonesian Dumm ISP GM) will make what ever the latest marketting connection wtih 6 KB/S SPEED and 6x BIG MAC Price. Back to 1998 with a bit faster a dial up 56.000 kbps, and it still here now. "The New and Improved" Real HSDPA+ / 4G (or 5G / 6G it just marketting) 6 KB/s Telkomsel Flash Unlimited that is limited and expensive. It event has a Fair Usage with will end by using it less than 3 minutes (500 MB / 21 Mbps HSDPA+) for a month unlimited.

posted by : Hok, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
Georg and Gurgel are idiots

If you think you walk free on this planet not affected by the microwave than you are no different from the sheep from the "sheep and the magician" story. The sun emits microwave but it doesn't harm you in ways the radiation from Cell towers and cellphones. Do some research on "Haarp" and mind-control systems you morons and forget what your local independent science lab tells you.

posted by : Sid, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
Wants and Needs

Who needs it? Nobody 'needs' it. Nobody 'needs' a 60 inch plasma HDTV or a car that can do 200 miles an hour. But people want these things. In the 21st century all people want is high speed networking across the entire planet. People want to sit down in the middle of nowhere and download useless crap at ridiculous speeds, because it will comfort them that mankind has made some sort of advance in the past 50 years.

posted by : VP, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
Sprint has had 4G for over a year

How come nobody is shouting foul on this one, sprint has had a 4G network in Baltimore for over a year

posted by : Ed, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
@Georg

Living "beens"? I do however agree with the other statements. Pisco needs to stop with the furtive glances and sterile food storage containers. The more bandwidth, the better.

posted by : Gurgle, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
RE: Pisco

tin foil hat off please. studies proves no harm to life on the radio frequencies used for mobile data devices. Visible light, yes, i.e from THE SUN etc has much higher radiation and does real damage, but all life on this planet has adapted to it, even living beens including humans also radiate. microwave transmission links are not directed onto pedestrians, even if would by mistake, the sun would still do more harm.

posted by : Georg, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
Nobody needs that

Nobody needs that speed. There focus needs to be on the environment, less radiation so people dont get fried by all the frequencies in the air.

posted by : Pisco, 14 December 2009 Complain about this comment
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