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PrintSweden's Telia brings 4G services over LTE to Gothenburg
TeliaSonera has launched one of the world’s first commercial LTE networks to bring superior mobile broadband to the citizens of Sweden’s second city and aims to extend LTE to several other cities by the end of 2010, with a total of approximately 200 cities and towns having LTE by 2011.
Following a radio network roll out deal signed with Nokia Siemens Networks in January 2010, TeliaSonera’s Swedish subsidiary Telia has launched its commercial 4G network in Gothenburg. TeliaSonera became the first in the world to launch commercial 4G networks at the end of 2009, providing services in Stockholm and Oslo. The Gothenburg roll-out is part of its ongoing campaign to build on its technology leadership.
Nokia Siemens Networks has provided its Flexi Multiradio Base Stations in what marks the world’s first commercial multivendor 4G launch, undertaking full interoperability testing and multivendor integration. By the end of 2010, Telia will extend its LTE service to 25 cities across Sweden.
"Working with Nokia Siemens Networks has been a good step forward. They have a good product, good services and fast deliveries. They have come into the market with a very good product. I’m impressed," comments Erik Hallberg, Head of Mobility Services Sweden, TeliaSonera.
He continues: "In Sweden we had a royal wedding where one of the biggest TV channels in the Swedish market utilized LTE to transmit live from six movable camera teams without using satellite or any other connection. It was fast, it was smooth and for them it was a revolution."
Excellent early performance recognized
Hallberg’s anecdote on the success of Telia’s initial LTE deployment is backed by a report from market analyst, Informa: ‘Early adopters report that the user experience for LTE is far better compared with HSPA networks and data rates of 80 Mbps are reached in close proximity to the LTE base stations.’
In addition, a survey conducted and published by TeliaSonera at the end of April revealed that 54 percent of its LTE customers would not consider a return to accessing services via 3G technology. Meanwhile 65 percent said they took up LTE-based mobile broadband services to complement their fixed-line broadband.
"LTE is part of the big picture where everything starts becoming mobile. If we look to the future we can see a lot more industrial and corporate applications moving into the mobile world. I foresee a lot of enterprise applications going mobile in the next few years," says Hallberg.