Telia´s network solution links up County of Jämtland

Telia´s network solution links up County of Jämtland In Sweden, Telia has signed an agreement with the County of Jämtland and its seven municipalities to provide a network solution with capacity for voice, data and image transmission. The order is valued at approximately SEK 90 million. In the agreement, the Jämtland County Council and municipalities will be integrated in Telia´s Planet 1000 network solution, an IP-based Virtual Private Network platform providing bandwidth up to 1 Gbit/second. Telia will have responsibility for operating, monitoring and servicing the network. The County Council and municipalities have previously invested in the same platform for telephony and data communications. 24 Meridian switches are being used, serving more than 6,000 connections. Data communications is managed by a shared basic network connected to 62 sites. "This type of co-operation by county administrative units is unique in Sweden and will enable the County of Jämtland to modernise its telecommunications and data communications in a very cost-effective way," says Anders Gylder, head of the Large Corporate Customers Segment at TeliaSonera Sweden. By utilising IP telephony and the option to integrate mobile telephones in the network solution, schools and care centres - which are not connected to the switchboard function today - will also gain access to telephone service. Between 500 and 800 extensions will be connected to the new network. The new IP VPN network will also provide better capacity for a telemedicine project. This project is being conducted for the EU by the County Council of Jämtland with Telia´s participation. In the project, hospitals and care centres in the county are using video technology for medical purposes and alternative forms of meeting. For further information journalists can contact: Torbjörn Larsson, Press Manager, TeliaSonera Sweden +46 8 713 58 30 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/13/20030513BIT00420/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/13/20030513BIT00420/wkr0002.pdf