85 percent of companies in Sweden expect to use 3G services within three years

85 percent of companies in Sweden expect to use 3G services within three years Almost one out of every three managers believes their companies will use 3G services on a daily basis already within one year and as many as 85 percent believe their companies will use 3G services within a three-year period. These are some of the findings from a survey that Telia commissioned recently. Access to e-mail and the possibility to browse the Internet are the 3G services that Swedish company managers rank the highest. These services are available already today, but as 3G technology becomes more established, they will become faster and easier to use. An earlier survey of the same group of managers indicated that about half of them work at least two hours outside the office each day. "Swedish companies are very far ahead when it comes to using the mobile Internet and this is most likely the reason why they also believe in a quick breakthrough for 3G mobile technology," says Erik Heilborn, head of the Business Segment at TeliaSonera Sweden. The survey was carried out by the research company Netsurvey for Telia during January 2004 and polled 306 managers who work at companies in different parts of Sweden. The entire survey (in Swedish only) is available at www.teliasonera.se under the heading Press. For further information journalists can contact TeliaSonera's Press office, phone +46 8 713 58 30 TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2003 TeliaSonera had 11,957,000 mobile customers (37,610,000 incl associated companies) and 8,061,000 fixed customers (9,160,000 incl associated companies) and 1,631,000 internet customers (1,691,000 incl associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Exchange, the Helsinki Exchanges and the Nasdaq Stock Market in the USA. Pro forma net sales January-December 2003 amounted to SEK 81.7 billion (EUR 9.01 billion). The number of employees was 26,694. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/04/20040303BIT00910/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/04/20040303BIT00910/wkr0002.pdf