TeliaSonera launches 4G mobile broadband in Stockholm
Published: 14 Dec 09 08:24 CET | Print version
Updated: 14 Dec 09 12:43 CET
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New 4G mobile services are now available for customers of Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo, the company announced on Monday.
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“The use of mobile broadband in the Nordic countries is exploding and customers need higher speeds and capacity. This is why we are launching 4G services in both Stockholm and Oslo.”
The 4G/LTE network will enable the use of services "requiring high transmission speed and capacity, such as advanced web TV broadcasting, extensive online gaming and web conferences," added Karlberg.
"The two pioneering 4G city networks cover the central city areas of Stockholm and Oslo and will be used for mobile data," the company also said, adding that 4G was the fastest technology available on the market, "with speeds up to ten times higher than today's turbo 3G."
Starting Monday, TeliaSonera's new 4G network will be available to customers in central Stockholm, as well is parts of nearby Kista, Älvsjö, Liljeholmen, Marievik, Telefonplan, Farsta and Hammarby Sjöstad.
During 2010, the company plans to expand the network to other populous regions and large cities in Sweden, starting with Gothenburg and Malmö.
“Swedes’ demand for higher speeds and greater capacity is almost unlimited. 4G is one of many steps in meeting customers’ needs,” said TeliaSonera’s head of mobile services in Sweden, Erik Hallberg, in a statement.
4G is the fastest mobile technology available on the market, according to the company, with speeds up to ten times higher than today’s turbo 3G.
TeliaSonera, whose largest shareholder is the Swedish state with a stake of around 37 percent and is 13.7 percent owned by the Finnish state, said it held nationwide 4G/LTE licenses in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
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absolutely false.
4G has been around in south korea and japan for quite some time now. they are already starting to implement 5G in some areas.
nonetheless, its a great step forward, now everyone can watch TV on the train ride to work :)
So WiMax is not truly 4G, only LTE or LTE-Advanced are, and this Telia network is the first launched for LTE (though as you can see, in a kind of a beta state).
In this sense I don't think Japan and Korea have 4G. Read for example this article, it mentions speed always below 100 Mbits/s:
http://3g4g.blogspot.com/2008/09/japan-to-trial-its-own-4g-technology.html
By the way, can you provide any reference for your 5G claim? I'm not saying you're wrong, but it could be referring to some very weird usage of the term.
A few years, and ten to fifteen years, are cited in the comments, and the one upbeat comment about watching TV on the train ride to work is a bit much.
Yet, since phones do everything but dance down the street in front of you today, I suppose having a TV in your pocket is the newest way to keep people from talking face- to-face. Can't have that in Sweden, you know.