Swedish telco Telia upgrades LTE network

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: For delivering speeds of 100Mbps in the city of central Stockholm, the mobile broadband base stations have been upgraded by Swedish mobile operator Telia.  Upgradation process of the rest of its LTE base stations will begin this spring.

The upgradation will help the customers to access the web with practical speeds of up to 80 Mbps. Currently, central parts of Stockholm, as well as Stockholm’s districts Alvsjo, Kista and Hammarby Sjostad is covered by Telia’s LTE network. Launch of LTE in 25 locations in Sweden are also on Telia’s cards.

In the third quarter, LTE network will be expanded to Lund, Vasteras, Malma, Gothenburg, Uppsala and Linkoping. LTE network will be expanded to Lund, Vasteras, Malma, Gothenburg, Uppsala and Linkoping while other cities will be covered by the network by the end of the year by the end of the year. Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks deliver Telia’s LTE network.