TeliaSonera opening subscriptions to increased competition

TeliaSonera opening subscriptions to increased competition Today, TeliaSonera Sweden is following up on its efforts to further open up the Swedish telecommunication network. During Monday, concrete options have been presented to its operator customers, giving them opportunity to choose which sections of the telephone subscription they wish to purchase from TeliaSonera Sweden, and which they themselves wish to arrange for their end customers. As early as last year, TeliaSonera Sweden was taking the initiative for this change, which will mean greater competition and thus more rapid development of telephony and telephony services. Every telecom operator can now take full responsibility for their customers. The most noticeable change here will be that people no longer need several invoices for their telephony. An operator can choose to package its subscription so that both fixed quarterly charges and call charges appear on the same invoice. TeliaSonera Sweden will thus have a direct supplier relationship with other operators, instead of with their telephony customers. "This is a major step towards full competition on the Swedish market, and TeliaSonera Sweden is enabling an increased dynamic to create conditions for growth and development. It will also become easier to be a telecom customer. In other countries, subscriptions are resold in their entirety, which we at TeliaSonera think would inhibit possibilities on the copper network", said Marie Ehrling, MD of TeliaSonera Sweden. "Now, agreements will be signed with our operator clients, and the changes will be seen at the end of this year." There are essentially three elements to a telecommunication subscription: network connection, telephony function, and additional services. So far, operators have been buying telephone traffic from Telia, adding their own customer service, and then packaging this with other services and offers. The advantage of TeliaSonera Sweden opening all areas of a subscription up to competition is that new players gain the opportunity to develop a new telecom services market. Operators' additional services, as well as availability, service, and reliability are now clearer, and it is becoming easier to choose who to connect one's telephony to. This news also means TeliaSonera Sweden is contributing to the development of telecommunication subscriptions according to the needs of different customer categories. Everyone gets greater choice to combine different elements in their subscription. For further information journalists can contact: TeliaSonera Sweden´s Press Service, +46-(0)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/2004/05/03/20040503BIT00230/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/05/03/20040503BIT00230/wkr0002.pdf