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TeliaSonera Presents The Best Mobile Internet Services In The Nordic And Baltic Regions

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:16:26 +0000

Winners of the 2007 SurfPort Awards

01/24/2008 -- At a gala celebration held last night in Stockholm, winners of the 2007 SurfPort Awards – the Nordic and Baltic region's best mobile content services for SurfPort – were announced. The winners were chosen from six different categories.

"Those of us on the jury had great fun, but an extremely difficult task selecting the 2007 winners," says Indra Åsander, Head of TeliaSonera's mobile content services for the European region. "It has been tremendously exciting to see so many excellent, creative ideas within the area of mobile content services," she says.

Best newcomer – the prize goes to the Norwegian bank, DNB.
During 2007, DNB Mobile Banking Services introduced a complete line of banking services designed for a mobile platform. By doing so, they proved that it is possible to provide these services in a way that is both safe and user friendly.

Best service for user-generated content – the prize goes to Moblogas Impartner from Lithuania. » read more »

TeliaSonera: Keep better track of your dog with your mobile

admin — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:32:58 +0000

05/09/2007 -- The worst nightmare for all dog owners would be to lose their darling pet. However, Sweden’s 700,000 dog owners can soon keep better track of their doggy with the help of their mobile phone and a GPS receiver that is attached to the dog’s collar. If an SMS message is sent to the GPS unit, it replies by sending an SMS or MMS message with text or a map image indicating where the dog is located.

Every year approximately 15,000 dogs disappear now and then from their owners and many have wished for a simple way to find their runaway pet. The companies Petlink Development and M-Tech have therefore developed a GPS receiver for dogs, which owners can use to find their pet using GPS navigation and mobile communications.

Petlink has chosen to use a Telia subscription in the GPS unit in order to have the best possible mobile coverage. The subscription costs SEK 79 per month and can be connected to all models of mobile phones, regardless of the type of subscription. In mid-May, the product will have its world premier and will be available for purchase in around 40 pet stores in Sweden. » read more »

Top Ten List: Sony Ericsson’s latest music mobile is best-selling phone in Telia’s retail stores during April

admin — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:53:48 +0000

In April, Sony Ericsson’s W880i was the unchallenged best seller, ranking No. 1 on Telia’s Top Ten List of mobile phone sales in April in Sweden. The list reflects the market battle between Sony Ericsson and Nokia – every other phone on the list comes from one of these mobile manufacturers. Nokia’s newest mobile, the N95, entered the list in April, capturing eighth place.

One out of three phones on the month’s Top Ten List was a 3G-enabled handset. Nine out of ten are camera phones and eight out of ten have an e-mail function and Mp3 music player.

April ranking March ranking Handset model Note

1 1 Sony Ericsson W880i SP+K+Mp3+3G+@+TN
2 2 Nokia 1110i
3 4 Sony Ericsson K800i SP+K+Mp3+3G+@+TN
4 3 Nokia 5140i SP + K
5 6 Sony Ericsson K750i SP + K + Mp3 + @ + TN
6 New Nokia 6085 SP + K + Mp3 + @
7 New Sony Ericsson K610i SP + K + Mp3 + @ + TN
8 New Nokia N95 SP+K+3G+Mp3+@+TN
9 8 Sony Ericsson Z710 SP + K + Mp3 + @ + TN
10 New Nokia 6300 SP + K + Mp3 + @ + TN

Explanation for abbreviations under Note: » read more »

Colibria Brings Mobile Instant Messaging to Over 11m Subscribers Across Scandinavia with TeliaSonera

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:49:59 +0000

Colibria provides MSN Live Messenger solution to connect PC and mobile subscribers; Service goes live in Estonia and Finland with additional roll-out to Denmark, Norway and Sweden during 2007

Colibria, a Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) leader, is providing a hosted solution for the first MIM service from TeliaSonera. MSN Live Messenger will allow subscribers to chat instantly with friends and colleagues via mobile handsets and PCs. The service will reach more than 11m subscribers across Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden by the end of 2007.

The new service combines the feature-rich experience of internet IM with the personal nature of mobile. Colibria’s MSN Live Messenger solution supports and intuitive, engaging consumer experience built on Colibria’s leading server and client technology, including the award winning mobile clients from Thumbspeed. The immediate and expressive nature of MIM with dialogue history and emoticons gives more engaging messaging than current legacy messaging services. » read more »

Swedish football moves into Telia mobile phones

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:09:37 +0000

Starting in April, Telia’s customers in Sweden can start watching international football games and matches from the premier division of the Swedish football league right on their mobile phones. This new mobile television service is the result of a four-year agreement that Telia has signed to get the exclusive rights to broadcast Swedish football games on mobile phones. The agreement covers both live broadcasts and post-match summaries.

In the first phase, Telia customers will be offered live broadcasts of premier division games as part of the television programming package available through Telia’s SurfPort mobile portal. Viewers can choose if they prefer to watch live broadcasts or receive post-game summaries. The agreement also enables Telia to offer services such as game results and the broadcast of exclusive material during and after football matches. » read more »

Kineto Wireless and TeliaSonera Win Convergence World Award for Best FMC Product and Service

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:59:52 +0000

Kineto Wireless, Inc., a supplier of UMA technology, and TeliaSonera, a telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions, were each announced as winners of the World Convergence Award for Best FMC product or service. Kineto was singled out for its role as the key innovator behind the 3GPP UMA standard, while TeliaSonera was recognized for its innovative Home Free service, based on Kineto’s UMA technology. The award ceremony took place at the C5 World Forum at the Fiera Milano Congressi in Milan on March 27th.

The Convergence World Awards aims to recognize organizations that are making the greatest contribution to the convergence marketplace and those who are leading the way in reshaping the world of communications. Industry interest in the awards was reflected in the high level of entries, which included many from the convergence sector's leading companies. » read more »

Tests show that fuel cells are tomorrow’s backup power for telecom networks

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:54:28 +0000

03/08/2007 -- TeliaSonera of Sweden has been running tests for more than a year with the aim of evaluating the possibility of using fuel cells as backup power for telecom exchanges. The trials produced very favourable results and the system is the first of its kind in actual service in Europe. TeliaSonera is now also beginning an equivalent test on fuel cells for mobile phone base stations.

TeliaSonera telecom exchanges are normally powered from the ordinary mains power network. In the event of a power cut, a backup system now consisting of batteries and a diesel generator will cut in. In the north of the Småland region, three telecom exchanges have instead been equipped with fuel cells that can serve as backup for up to two weeks, which is much longer than today’s system can manage. Moreover, the environmental impact of fuel cells is minimal, with only clean water as the residual product. » read more »

TeliaSonera to test turbo 3G in Sweden

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:16:32 +0000

TeliaSonera to test turbo 3G in Sweden

02/14/2007 -- (3GSM World Congress, Barcelona) During the spring, TeliaSonera Sweden will be opening a new super-fast mobile broadband network for customers as part of its strategy to always offer them the best connectivity. In areas of Stockholm and Gothenburg, the mobile network is now being enhanced with new High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology, also called turbo 3G, which will give customers wireless connections to the Internet at speeds up to 3.6 Mbps.

Trials will begin during the second quarter of 2007 in areas of Stockholm and Gothenburg. » read more »