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TeliaSonera Celebrates Three Years of 4G LTE in Sweden
TeliaSonera's 4G network is now three year old. Operator launched first commercial 4G LTE in Stockholm and Oslo on 14 December 2009. Since 2009, TeliaSonera has expanded its network across the country and now covers almost 700 cities throughout Sweden. Earlier last fall, operator completed two years of Gothenburg and Malmö's 4G network.
From July last year to the same month this year, data traffic in Telia's 4G network has grown by 2000% in volumes. During the period from August to October this year, almost one hundred thousand subscriptions became active in the LTE network. Both traffic and the number of subscriptions that is connected to the 4G network has continued to grow strongly in the autumn.
Operator plans to continue to expand its network at a rapid pace over the next year. At the end of 2013, Telia's 4G network will cover more than 1400 cities around Sweden. That's more than double the number of cities with 4G coverage compared to now.