First true commercial LTE network rollout

Rating: And its from TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway
Given Motorola’s highly dubious claim to have offered the first cellular mobile phone ever  (despite the Nordic NMT), this time it seems only fair to let Scandinavia claims to possess the world’s first truly commercial 4G network using LTE technology. Via TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway.
Significantly, [...]

Mobile operator TeliaSonera claims the launch of first commercial LTE

European mobile operator TeliaSonera is claiming that it has launched the very first commercial LTE network in the world. With other operators building test-networks, pre-commercial pilots and other trial deployments, it’s quite possible that TeliaSonera has taken this particular achievement. But lets have a closer look at what it has actually accomplished.

Opera Mini mobile browser makes moves in Europe

Opera has announced a two-fold agreement today with TeliaSonera. The mobile operator is co-creating a new data center with Opera in Poland. But this center will also act as a new server hub for Opera Mini in Eastern Europe, which significantly expands the mobile browsers European network

Mobile web behind France Telecom’s interest in TeliaSonera

Rating: More about mobile surfers than African subscribers
It seems that reports which first surfaced in Le Figaro that France Telecom is looking to acquire TeliaSonera are true. What other observers may have got wrong is the motivation behind the move.
Some suggest it is TeliaSonera’s interests in emerging markets. I think it has more to do [...]

Is Vertical Mobile Search the new black?

During Mobile World Congress search made took a slight hit on the radar. The biggest announcement were from Telia Sonera, Novarra and JumpTap as well as T-Mobile dumping Google for Yahoo! But apart from that smaller players starting talking about niche services. I heard absolutely nothing from Taptu at all and many of the mobile [...]

TeliaSonera vs JumpTap vs Novarra Vision Platform 7

Novarra has launched its new Novarra Vision Platform which is optimised for mobile advertising.

From the press release:
Mobile Usability
Usage data from global commercial deployments show that speed and usability are key drivers of consumer uptake.  Version 7.0 includes comprehensive enhancements that extend Novarra’s leadership in this area. These features are in addition to SmartScroll™, SmartNav™ Snapshot™ [...]

Mobile News for Leaders