TeliaSonera has launched the commercial 4G LTE services in Finland. The services will be offered to customers in Turku and Helsinki. TeliaSonera has been operating 4G network for pilot customers in Turku for six months.

Besides LTE network in Turku, the services start with initial 4G coverage in the business center area north of Helsinki. The network operates in the 2.6 GHz frequency band.

“4G services will expand significantly in Helsinki as soon as there are modems available for both frequencies. We are focusing on building 4G in the 1.8 GHz frequency, because this way we can build wider coverage for our customers’ benefit,“ says Marek Hintze.

The price for Sonera’s 4G service “Sonera Full Net 4G” is €46/month, including a 4G modem that supports also 3G and 2G.

TeliaSonera introduced the LTE in Finland in December 2009 and launched LTE services for pre-commercial use in Turku on June 2, 2010. The initial 4G coverage in Helsinki is in the business centre area Alppila-Vallila-Itä-Pasila, about 3 km north of Helsinki city centre.

TeliaSonera has not yet decided suppliers for the national LTE network rollout in Finland. The initial radio network is supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks in Turku and in Helsinki by Ericsson. Ericsson supplies TeliaSonera’s 4G core network in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

The 4G modems that Sonera uses in Finland are supplied by Samsung. It is a USB dongle supporting 4G/3G/2G.