1. TeliaSonera 4G experience in
Nordic/Baltic markets
Tõnu Grünberg
VP Technology
EMT (TeliaSonera Estonia)

2. 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

3. Pioneering mobile telecommunications
World’s first
mobile network
1956
2009

4. 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.

5. TeliaSonera in Estonia: 4G in 6 minutes

6. 10 years, 10 000 times faster
2009
4G
100Mbit/s
3G
21 Mbit/s
2G
GSM/GPRS
from 9.6 kbps
1999

7. Expected frequency bands and technologies
supported by TeliaSonera networks by 2013
2G 3G 4G
800 MHz
Rural
900 MHz
Rural
1800 MHz
Urban
2100 MHz
(Dense) urban
2600 MHz
Dense urban
Local variations per market might occur

8. Devices

9. Who are the 4G users?

10. Take up of 4G
Media - first professional customer group

11. 4G Live TV broadcast
• 4G live broadcast from
Stockholm to Tokyo during
Nobel prize awards week,
December 2010
• Japanese Nippon TV,
London based

12. Other use cases
Event hotspot coverage using WiFi
with 4G as backhaul

13. New business drive in M2M

14. Value based pricing
Monthly fee +
Volume cap
Defined speed

15. New pricing logic in mobile broadband
- from flat rate to volume based
Price related
Speed
to usage
4G 60 €
10-100 MB/s
30 GB
27 €
20 GB
3G
1-24 MB/s 20 €
10 GB
4€
3 GB
2G
0,1-1 MB/s
Volume

16. Summary
• Unlimited demand for bandwidth
• 4G changes the mobile experience
• New business models evolving
• We need more spectrum for
coverage and for roaming

17. Thank you for your attention!