Ericsson and TeliaSonera have today announced the planned construction of a commercial LTE 4G mobile broadband network. The network will cover Stockholm in Sweden and the contract is Ericsson's first for commercial deployment of LTE.
"We have chosen Ericsson to deliver the initial 4G city network in Stockholm and Huawei for the initial 4G city network in Oslo, Norway. Now, TeliaSonera continues the evaluation of suppliers to deliver 4G networks in the Nordic and Baltic countries," said Lars Klasson, Senior Vice President and CTO, Mobility Services, TeliaSonera.
Mikael Bäckström, President Ericsson Nordic and Baltics added: "We are very happy to continue our partnership with TeliaSonera, and this cooperation signifies an important milestone. LTE brings the highest possible performance and network capacity, which is needed to meet the needs of the fast growing group of mobile broadband users around the world."
TeliaSonera says its goal is to be one of the first operators in the world to launch 4G. The 4G roll-out in Stockholm and Oslo has started for commercial launch in 2010.
Ericsson will perform network implementation services and will manage the network during the initial operation period. The agreement also includes a long-standing partnership where both parties will jointly evolve the way consumers use mobile broadband with LTE.