Telia signs blanket agreement for continued expansion of broadband access

Telia signs blanket agreement for continued expansion of broadband access Telia Carrier & Networks has signed a blanket agreement with Nokia and Alcatel on deliveries of ADSL equipment for the continued expansion of broadband access to Swedish residential customers. Alcatel and Nokia will deliver network equipment and terminals. The one-year agreements are estimated at a total of MSEK 750, and fall within previous investment decisions. The main impetus behind the investment is the demand for ADSL access from tenants, co-operative building societies and house-owners. - There is a great demand for broadband access througout the country, and these agreements will enable us to meet the high market expectations, says Ingmar Jonsson, responsible for the broadband programme of Telia Carrier & Networks. Telia now has a list of 25 high-priority cities in the country, first to obtain ADSL-base broadband services. The cities are Borås, Falun, Gävle, Göteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Jönköping/Huskvarna, Kalmar, Karlskrona, Karlstad, Kristianstad, Linköping, Luleå, Piteå, Umeå, Lund, Malmö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Uppsala, Uddevalla, Växjö, Trollhättan, Södertälje and Stockholm. Depending on the demand, more towns and cities may be entered on the list. For further information to journalists, please call: Lars Joelsson, Media Relations, Telia Carrier & Networks +46 8 713 28 07 Telia Carrier & Networks is a business area within the Telia Group. Telia Carrier & Networks is a wholesaler in fixed-network products and services. It produces, sells and leases infrastructure, capacity,access and traffic services on the open market. Telia Carrier & Networks is the European market leader in Transatlantic IP traffic and has its own offices in Sweden, the US, the UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Annual turnover 1999 reached 25 100 MSEK and the number of employees amounted to approx. 8 200. Telia is the leading supplier of telecom-based information services in the Nordic/Baltic region. At the same time, "seamless" pan-European and global services are being realized through powerful alliances and partnerships in Europe and around the world. Annual turnover 1999 reached 52 121 MSEK and the number of employees amounted to approx. 30 600. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/09/20000509BIT00510/bit0001.doc