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TeliaSonera reports profit drop for 2011

Business & Money: 3 Feb 12
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera reported a 14-percent drop in net profit for 2011 on Thursday but said that their analysts still forecast a modest rise in sales for 2012. READ »

Swedish techies hail 30 years of mobile phones

Science & Technology: 19 Oct 11
It's been 30 years since since Swedish technology and initiative helped launch a bold, but modest initiative which marked the start of he modern era of mobile telephony, The Local's Joel Linde explains. READ »

The Sweden Democrats - a year in the Riksdag spotlight

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 11
A year has passed since the Sweden Democrats became Sweden’s newest parliamentary party and The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at what has been achieved, what has not and what has changed. READ »

TeliaSonera earnings hit by strong krona

Business & Money: 20 Jul 11
Swedish-Finnish telecoms firm TeliaSonera's reported earnings on Wednesday below analyst expectations on the back of a strong Swedish currency and problems in its Turkish operations. READ »

Nordström proposed as new Vattenfall boss

Business & Money: 20 May 11
Former post office head Lars G Nordström has been proposed as the new Vattenfall head, when the company elects its third chairman in as many years. READ »

TeliaSonera lowers forecast as profits dip

Business & Money: 19 Apr 11
Swedish-Finnish telecom provider TeliaSonera on Tuesday announced a small dip in quarterly net profits as slower growth and currency movements also dented the company's 2011 sales expectations. READ »

TeliaSonera in new Turkcell legal fight

Business & Money: 24 Mar 11
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera has opened legal action against the chairperson of Turkcell, a firm in which it has a 38 percent stake, over a dispute regarding the make up of the Turkish telecom operator's board. READ »

Swedish house scuppers privatisation plans

Politics: 16 Mar 11
The Swedish Alliance coalition government has lost the right to sell off stakes in a slew of state-owned companies after a parliament decision on Wednesday afternoon, suffering its most high profile setback since regaining power. READ »

TeliaSonera executive named Sweden's top businesswoman

Business & Money: 8 Mar 11
Malin Frenning, the head of Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera's broadband services unit, has been named Sweden’s most powerful businesswoman by a leading business magazine. READ »

Sweden completes new spectrum auction

Business & Money: 4 Mar 11
Sweden has completed the auction of its 800 MHz bandwidth, paving the way for three telecom firms to expand their mobile broadband services. READ »

Riksdag moves to stop Swedish state sell-offs

Business & Money: 1 Mar 11
A Riksdag committee said on Tuesday that it wants to halt the sale of the state's shares in a number of state-owned companies, reversing a previous decision giving the government a mandate to do so. READ »

Sweden raises 19 billion kronor from Nordea sale

Politics: 4 Feb 11
The Swedish government confirmed on Friday that it had raised 19 billion kronor ($2.94 billion) on the sale of 255 million of its shares in Nordic banking giant Nordea. READ »

Sweden set to reduce stake in Nordea

Politics: 3 Feb 11
The Swedish government announced on Thursday its intention to sell more than 250 million shares of its holdings in Nordea bank. READ »

TeliaSonera cuts jobs despite profits boost

Business & Money: 3 Feb 11
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera announced layoffs within its fixed broadband operations, despite posting a 13 percent rise in net profits for 2010. READ »

Alliance faces defeat in sale of state-owned firms

Business & Money: 21 Jan 11
Sweden's ruling minority Alliance coalition may lose yet another vote in parliament after the Sweden Democrats announced their intention to support a motion to stop or restrict the sale of state-owned enterprises. READ »

Swedes shy away from stock market: study

Business & Money: 19 Jan 11
The number of Swedes playing the stock market dropped in 2010, according to new statistics, while telecom firms Ericsson and TeliaSonera topped the list of Swedish firms with the most shareholders. READ »

Ericsson wins Norway network deal with Huawei

Business & Money: 11 Jan 11
Sweden's Ericsson and Chinese telecom giant Huawei have been commissioned by Sweden's TeliaSonera to modernise and expand Norway's entire mobile network, the companies announced on Tuesday. READ »

'Sweden has key role in cyberwar': report

Science & Technology: 2 Jan 11
Sweden has a key role in Europe as the U.S. prepares for future cyber-warfare, classified documents released by WikiLeaks indicate. READ »

TeliaSonera appeals Russian court ruling

Business & Money: 21 Dec 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera confirmed on Tuesday that it has filed an appeal against a Russian court decision blocking the merger of its stakes in two mobile phone operators with Moscow-based Altimo. READ »

Ericsson wins Danish 4G contract

Business & Money: 8 Nov 10
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson announced on Monday that it had claimed a contract to supply a a fourth-generation (4G) communications network to Danish operator TDC. READ »

Stockholm hotel replaces keys with mobile phones

Science & Technology: 3 Nov 10
A Stockholm hotel has launched a new pilot security system enabling guests to open their rooms, and even check in and out, with the help of their mobile phones. READ »

TeliaSonera helps launch 3G on Mount Everest

Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A subsidiary of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera has enabled Mount Everest climbers to surf the web from their mobile phones and make video calls back home from the top of the world’s tallest peak. READ »

Smartphone sales boost profits for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera said on Monday that sales of smartphones, coupled with growth in eastern Europe and Asia, boosted third-quarter profits and its outlook for fiscal-year results. READ »

Introducing the Alliance

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-right Alliance, which is looking to win another term as Sweden's ruling coalition. READ »

Alliance touts tax cuts in election manifesto

Politics: 26 Aug 10
The ruling Alliance coalition has promised its fifth in-work tax credit if it wins the election next month, it promised as it rolled out its manifesto on Thursday. READ »

Borg calls for renewed privatization drive

Politics: 8 Aug 10
Minister for Finance Anders Borg has indicated that the government intends to raise 100 billion kronor ($14 billion) by selling off the state’s shareholdings in a number of companies if voted back into power in September. READ »

TeliaSonera Q2 profits rise as expected

Business & Money: 20 Jul 10
TeliaSonera reported on Tuesday that profit rose in the second quarter near expectations, adding that earnings in the second half of the year would be similar to the first half. READ »

State-owned companies jump in value

Business & Money: 2 Jul 10
The 57 Swedish state-owned firms are estimated to have increased their total worth by 24 percent or 120 billion kronor ($15.77 billion) to 620 billion kronor in 2009, according to new government estimates. READ »

Green Party favours selling parts of Vattenfall

Business & Money: 18 Jun 10
Green Party spokesman Peter Eriksson believes that state power company Vattenfall is a major problem and is willing to sell off parts of the company. READ »

Sell more state-owned companies: party

Politics: 10 Jun 10
The Christian Democrats believe the government should continue selling off state-owned companies. READ »

TeliaSonera appeals anti-piracy ruling

Business & Money: 21 May 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera has announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court an anti-piracy law ruling ordering the firm to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a file sharing website. READ »

Court rejects ISP appeal in anti-piracy case

Business & Money: 18 May 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom giant TeliaSonera has been instructed by the appeals court to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a filesharing website in a landmark anti-piracy law ruling. READ »

30 Swedish firms in Forbes Global 2000

Business & Money: 12 May 10
Forbes Magazine has included 30 Swedish companies on its list of the world's most successful major companies, including Nordea Bank, ABB and H&M. READ »

TeliaSonera returns to profit as sales drop

Business & Money: 20 Apr 10
TeliaSonera declared a return to profits on Tuesday while the Nordic telecoms giant reported a drop in sales for the first quarter 2010. READ »

TeliaSonera in Georgian tax dispute

Business & Money: 15 Apr 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera has landed in a tax battle in Georgia after its Geocell subsidiary was served with a 450 million kronor ($63 million) penalty. READ »

TeliaSonera approves government bonus ban

Politics: 8 Apr 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera voted at its AGM on Wednesday to ban bonuses for senior staff after a proposal from the Swedish state's representative. READ »

Anti-piracy law has little effect on internet use

National: 1 Apr 10
A year after the adoption of Sweden's IPRED anti-piracy legislation, new figures show that file sharing is growing in popularity, internet traffic has rebounded strongly, and only a small handful of cases have been brought before the courts. READ »

AT&T picks Ericsson for 4G network

Business & Money: 11 Feb 10
US telecoms giant AT&T has selected Sweden's Ericsson and France's Alcatel-Lucent as equipment suppliers for its next-generation, high-speed mobile phone network, the companies said on Wednesday. READ »

Ericsson seals TeliaSonera 4G deal

Science & Technology: 13 Jan 10
Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson has secured a deal to supply TeliaSonera's new high speed 4G network in Sweden and Norway. READ »

TeliaSonera launches 4G mobile broadband in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 14 Dec 09
New 4G mobile services are now available for customers of Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo, the company announced on Monday. READ »

Telia forced to reveal file-sharing customer

Business & Money: 4 Dec 09
TeliaSonera has been forced to spill the beans on the identity of a customer, believed to be behind a file-sharing site, after losing a court case in the District Court. READ »

TeliaSonera in new bid to end Turkcell dispute

Business & Money: 12 Nov 09
Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera and Russia’s Altimo have decided to combine their stakes in MegaFon and Turkcell in an attempt to end a long-running ownership dispute. READ »

Quarterly earnings on target for TeliaSonera

Science & Technology: 28 Oct 09
Telecoms operator TeliaSonera announced solid quarterly results on Wednesday, hitting targets for the year despite difficult conditions in the Baltics. READ »

TeliaSonera's Baltic acquisitions move forward

Business & Money: 13 Oct 09
TeliaSonera has yet to take over full control of Lithuania’s TEO LT as planned, the Nordic telecommunications operator said on Tuesday, but it has acquired nearly all of Estonia's Eesti Telekom. READ »

Tech glitch darkens Swedish websites

Science & Technology: 13 Oct 09
A maintenance error blocked access to hundreds of thousands of Swedish websites for about 30 minutes on Monday night, and caused continuing email problems for many customers on Tuesday. READ »

Spotify and Telia sign two-year deal

Business & Money: 8 Oct 09
Telecoms operator TeliaSonera and Swedish music service Spotify have signed a two-year cooperation agreement that will enable Telia’s customers to use Spotify in computers, mobile phones and TVs in the Swedish market. READ »

Estonia approves TeliaSonera purchase

Business & Money: 25 Sep 09
The Estonian government formally approved the sale of the state's 27 percent stake in telecoms provider Eesti Telekom to the Nordic group Telia Sonera. READ »

TeliaSonera to increase stake in Estonian telecoms firm

Business & Money: 23 Sep 09
Estonia is set to sell its share of leading telecommunications provider, Eesti Telekom, to Nordic group TeliaSonera. READ »

Cartel probe into division of Sweden's 4G network

Business & Money: 22 Sep 09
Competition authorities are looking into whether the division of the Sweden's new 4G network by the country's five big mobile operators may have been an attempt to exclude other players from entering the market. READ »

Film makers tackle ISP over pirated movie files

Science & Technology: 3 Aug 09
Four film companies have filed a motion in a Swedish court to force TeliaSonera to release details about the operators of the Swetorrents file sharing website. READ »

H&M family stock portfolio 'larger than Swedish state's'

Business & Money: 5 Jun 09
The family which owns clothing giant Hennes & Mauritz is now on a par with the Swedish state as the largest shareholder on the Stockholm stock exchange. READ »

Tele2 and Telenor in 4G network cooperation

Science & Technology: 14 Apr 09
Swedish telecom operator Tele2 has joined forces with Norway's Telenor to build a new 4G mobile network, it was announced on Tuesday. READ »

'No bonuses at state-owned companies'

Business & Money: 24 Mar 09
The Swedish government has said it wants to end bonuses and variable compensation for executives at state-owned companies. READ »

Telenor to sell iPhones in Sweden

Business & Money: 20 Feb 09
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor has signed a deal with Apple to begin selling the US multinational's popular iPhone in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. READ »

TeliaSonera profits beat expectations

Business & Money: 11 Feb 09
TeliaSonera credited earnings from emerging markets and the Nordic-Baltic region for helping the Swedish-Finnish telecom operator beat fourth quarter net profits expectations when it presented its results on Wednesday. READ »

Government puts off sale of SBAB

Business & Money: 30 Jan 09
The Swedish government announced on Friday it was postponing the sale of state-owned mortgage lender SBAB because of the financial crisis. READ »

Stockholm to get 4G mobile network in 2010

Science & Technology: 15 Jan 09
Mobile broadband users in Stockholm will soon be able to surf the internet on a new high speed 4G network, following the signing of a deal between Ericsson and TeliaSonera. READ »

TeliaSonera announces job cuts in Sweden

Business & Money: 12 Jan 09
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera gave notice to 1,200 employees in Sweden on Monday as part of the firm's ongoing "efficiency measures". READ »

Opposition urges state car industry takeover

Business & Money: 2 Dec 08
Leading government ministers have angered unions and the opposition by ruling out the possibility of a state takeover of Volvo Cars should owner Ford elect to sell its Swedish subsidiary. READ »

Charges dent TeliaSonera profits

Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
TeliaSonera has posted third quarter results that were lower than last year, but the Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator's profits were higher than forecast. READ »

Analysts doubt Sweden will push through SBAB sale

Business & Money: 19 Sep 08
Upheaval in the financial markets will likely complicated plans by the Swedish government to sell off state-owned mortgage lender SBAB in the near future, analysts said on Friday. READ »

Swedish investors cool to risks of stock ownership

Business & Money: 1 Sep 08
Swedes appear to prefer keeping their savings in the bank or under the mattress, rather than risk it in the volatile Stockholm stock market. READ »

Swedish firms slam UK filesharing measure

Science & Technology: 25 Jul 08
Some of Sweden's largest internet service providers have made it clear that they would not support an agreement to combat file sharing similar to one recently reached in the UK. READ »

TeliaSonera posts solid quarterly results

Business & Money: 24 Jul 08
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera, which recently snubbed a takover bid from France Telecom, reported strong second-quarter results on Thursday, but slightly missed analyst's expectations. READ »

Nordic neighbours concerned by snoop law

Politics: 11 Jul 08
Denmark, Finland and Norway voiced concerns this week about a new law in Sweden that allows all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security. READ »

'I want an iPhone so badly'

Science & Technology: 10 Jul 08
Queues have begun to form outside TeliaSonera's stores in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö with just hours remaining before the Apple iPhone makes its long-awaited debut on the Swedish market. READ »

'Snoop law bad for Swedish business'

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jul 08
Sweden's new surveillance law could prove disastrous for the country's highly regarded technology sector, write the CEOs of eight major IT and telecom companies. READ »

Swedish snoop law targets Russia

National: 9 Jul 08
Sweden's new surveillance law will enable the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) to scan massive quantities of Russian computer and telecom data. READ »

Dropped French bid hits TeliaSonera shares

Business & Money: 30 Jun 08
France Telecom has ditched its plans to acquire Nordic operator TeliaSonera, according to a statement. Telia shares fell more than 12 percent on the news. READ »

France Telecom ups bid for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 30 Jun 08
France Telecom is back in talks with TeliaSonera following its failed bid for the Nordic operator earlier this month. READ »

Swedes warned over mobile voicemail costs

Business & Money: 25 Jun 08
Mobile phone bills may catch Swedes by surprise after vacations abroad this summer—even if their phones have been turned off. READ »

France Telecom mulls higher cash bid for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 19 Jun 08
France Telecom said on Thursday it had opened talks about whether to enter formal negotiations with TeliaSonera. READ »

Auditors criticize TeliaSonera sale process

Business & Money: 18 Jun 08
Sweden's National Audit Office has accused the country's government of not being properly prepared to negotiate the highest price for its stake in TeliaSonera. READ »

Swedish government slammed over TeliaSonera sale

Business & Money: 10 Jun 08
Sweden's government is facing accusations from the national audit office that it has mishandled the planned sale of a controlling stake in TeliaSonera. READ »

Analysts: Low initial offer puts TeliaSonera in driver's seat

Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
Swedish-Finnish operator TeliaSonera, having rejected a takeover offer from France Telecom Thursday, should be in a good position to play other potential buyers against each other to push up the bids, analysts said. READ »

TeliaSonera rejects France Telecom

Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
TeliaSonera’s board on Thursday rejected a €33 billion ($51 billion) offer put forward by France Telecom to acquire the Nordic telecoms group. READ »

France Telecom in TeliaSonera bid

Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
France Telecom has made an informal takeover offer for TeliaSonera, people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times. READ »

TeliaSonera sued over false ad claims

Business & Money: 29 May 08
Telecom operator 3 has filed a suit against TeliaSonera for what it argues are deceptive claims about the latter’s mobile broadband coverage. READ »

iPhone coming to Sweden

Business & Money: 27 May 08
TeliaSonera announced a deal on Tuesday to bring Apple's iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries. READ »

Eurovision a winner for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 20 May 08
Sweden’s domestic qualifying competition and the Eurovision song contest finals which follow are big cash cows for TeliaSonera, regardless of who wins. READ »

Sweden awards five 4G mobile licences

Business & Money: 8 May 08
Five bidders paid have paid €226 million ($346 million) for fourth generation (4G) super-fast mobile telephony licences, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) said on Thursday. READ »

Telenor seeks TeliaSonera merger

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor is aiming for a merger with TeliaSonera, reports the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. READ »

Ericsson report boosts stock exchange

Business & Money: 26 Apr 08
Strong interim reports from Ericsson, Volvo and Telia Sonera put the Stockholm stock exchange in a bullish mood as the trading week ended on Friday. READ »

TeliaSonera beats profit expectations

Business & Money: 25 Apr 08
Swedish-Finnish telecoms operator TeliaSonera has posted strong first-quarter results. The company is a possible acquisition target for France Telecom. READ »

Strong finish for Stockholm stock exchange

Business & Money: 18 Apr 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finished the trading week higher with TeliaSonera and bank stocks leading the way. READ »

France Telecom confirms interest in TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 18 Apr 08
France Telecom said on Friday it was interested in Swedish-Finnish firm TeliaSonera but added that no talks had been opened with the company at this stage. READ »

France Telecom eyes TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 17 Apr 08
France Telecom has confirmed it is considering a possible bid for Swedish-Finnish firm TeliaSonera. READ »

TeliaSonera shares rise sharply on takeover rumours

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
Shares in TeliaSonera shot up on Wednesday following speculation of a potential takeover bid. READ »

Vin & Sprit sale boosts government privatizations

Business & Money: 2 Apr 08
The sale of Absolut vodka maker Vin & Sprit represents a major step forward in the government's privatization programme. AFP's Delphine Touitou looks at which state-owned enterprises might be next on the auction block, and why. READ »

Telia internet dispute: 'No end in sight'

Business & Money: 25 Mar 08
Internet traffic between TeliaSonera and US-based Cogent Communications has been cut off for more than ten days while customers continue to suffer. READ »

Sweden may delay privatization drive

Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Sweden's financial markets minister Mats Odell said the government is reviewing its privatization programme in light of the subprime crisis. READ »

Sweden welcomes sovereign wealth funds but demands transparency

Business & Money: 26 Feb 08
Minister for Financial Markets Mats Odell has said that Sweden welcomed investment from sovereign wealth funds. READ »

Governments in Sweden shun privatization experts

National: 11 Feb 08
Governments on the right and the left seldom utilize outside advice when selling state assets. READ »

TeliaSonera to slash 2,900 jobs

Business & Money: 8 Feb 08
Swedish-Finnish telecoms operator TeliaSonera has said it will slash 2,900 jobs to improve efficiency. READ »

Market down slightly after turbulent day

Business & Money: 26 Oct 07
The Stockholm Stock Exchange closed down slightly on the week after a turbulent day of trading on Friday. TeliaSonera pleased investors with third quarter profits beating expectations, but engineering company Sandvik proved a disappointment. READ »

TeliaSonera announces 'best ever' quarterly earnings

Business & Money: 26 Oct 07
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera said on Friday its third quarter net profit increased 8.1 percent to 6.2 billion kronor, against 5.75 billion in the same period of 2006. READ »

Telia starts infrastructure subsidiary

Business & Money: 24 Sep 07
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera has said it would form a new fully-owned telecom infrastructure subsidiary in Sweden. READ »

Panel to oversee sales of Swedish companies

Business & Money: 10 Sep 07
The Swedish government is to appoint a new committee to oversee the sale of shares in state-owned companies, Finance Markets Minister Mats Odell has announced. READ »

Telia gets new boss

Business & Money: 27 Jul 07
Sweden and Finland's largest telecoms operator, TeliaSonera, has appointed Lars Nyberg as its CEO. READ »

TeliaSonera splashes out on Asian mobile operator

Business & Money: 17 Jul 07
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera has bought US-based MCT, a provider of mobile services in central Asia, for 2.0 billion kronor. READ »


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