Orange promises full coverage by 2003
ORANGE PROMISES FULL COVERAGE BY 2003 Stockholm, September 1 2000. Orange Sverige AB is determined to carry out a record-breaking roll-out of its UMTS network and promises full population coverage already by 2003. This commitment is given in the Orange tender for a UMTS license that was submitted to the PTS (The National Post and Telecom Agency) today. Orange further commits to making the first UMTS calls on their network as early as spring 2001. The first commercial services will be launched in autumn 2001 subject to successful negotiations with PTS to allow us to advance the take up of