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• TeliaSonera to roll out iPhone to Northern Europe

  - 2008-05-27

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera announced a deal on Tuesday to bring Apple's iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries. TeliaSonera said in a statement it would begin selling the iPhone in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia "later this year." Reached by AFP,...

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• Swedish-Finnish telecoms firm to form new infrastructure unit

  - 2007-09-24

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera said on Monday it would form a new fully-owned telecom infrastructure subsidiary in Sweden. It said the infrastructure company, which will launch operations in the fourth quarter, will sell its products on equal terms to TeliaSonera's wholesale customers and the company's own...

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• TeliaSonera posts better-than-expected profit

  - 2006-04-25

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, the largest in northern Europe, posted stronger-than-expected earnings in the first quarter as strong mobile and broadband growth pushed sales higher. Net profit rose by 20 percent to 4.27 billion kronor (459 million euros, 566 million dollars) in the January-March period from...

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• TeliaSonera sues Turkcell share owner over sale dispute

  - 2005-06-03

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera said it has sued Turkey's Cukurova group over its refusal to honour an agreement to sell a key stake in Turkcell, the biggest Turkish mobile phone operator. "We've filed a complaint with the international chamber of commerce in Geneva," TeliaSonera spokesman Michael...

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• TeliaSonera launches medical monitoring by mobile network

  - 2005-03-30

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish-Finnish telecoms operator TeliaSonera presented a medical monitoring system using Sweden's mobile phone network so hospitals can keep track of out-patients' health developments. "It's a wireless system. Information on the patient's health is sent to the hospital via the mobile phone network," TeliaSonera spokeswoman Maria Strohle...

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• Finnish operator sues TeliaSonera to recover inter-connection fees

  - 2005-02-11

  HELSINKI AFP — Elisa, Finland's second largest phone operator, sued Finnish-Swedish competitor TeliaSonera for 300 million euros (386 million dollars) in repayment and damages, claiming it has been overcharged for services. The move was expected after Finland's Supreme Administrative Court ruled in September that the fees levied by Sonera...

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• Finnish government plans sale of 250-300 mln TeliaSonera shares

  - 2004-12-08

  HELSINKI AFP — The Finnish government said it would sell between 250 and 300 million shares, or as much as 6.4 percent of its stake, in Nordic telecommunications operator TeliaSonera. The government, which currently owns about 19.1 percent of TeliaSonera, said in a statement that it would maintain at...

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