TeliaSonera 4G experience in Nordic/Baltic markets
Tõnu Grünberg
VP Technology
EMT (TeliaSonera Estonia)
TeliaSonera’s footprint
• Almost 460 million population
• Total number of subscriptions ~ 158 million (as of March 31, 2011)
• of which ~58 million in the consolidated operations
• of which ~100 milion in the associated companies
• Bringing the best of TeliaSonera to all customers
Pioneering mobile telecommunications
2009
World’s first
mobile network
1956
TeliaSonera 4G
By the end of 2011:
• 237 cities in Sweden
• 30 cities in Norway
• 100 cities in Denmark
• 19 cities in Estonia
• 11 cities in Finland
• 80 cities in Lithuania
Using 800/1800/2600
spectrum.
TeliaSonera in Estonia: 4G in 6 minutes
10 years, 10 000 times faster
3G 21 Mbit/s
2G GSM/GPRS
from 9.6 kbps
4G 100Mbit/s
2009
1999
Expected frequency bands and technologies supported by TeliaSonera networks by 2013
800 MHz Rural
900 MHz Rural
1800 MHz Urban
2100 MHz (Dense) urban
2600 MHz Dense urban
2G 3G 4G
Local variations per market might occur
Devices
Who are the 4G users?
Take up of 4G
Media - first professional customer group
4G Live TV broadcast
• 4G live broadcast from Stockholm to Tokyo during Nobel prize awards week, December 2010
• Japanese Nippon TV, London based
Other use cases
Event hotspot coverage using WiFi
with 4G as backhaul
New business drive in M2M
Value based pricing
+ Monthly fee
Volume cap
Defined speed
New pricing logic in mobile broadband - from flat rate to volume based
Price related to usage
Volume
Speed
2G
3G
4G
1-24 MB/s
10-100 MB/s
0,1-1 MB/s
27 €
4 €
20 €
3 GB
10 GB
20 GB
30 GB
60 €
Summary
• Unlimited demand for bandwidth
• 4G changes the mobile experience
• New business models evolving
• We need more spectrum for coverage and for roaming
Thank you for your attention!