Telia to monetise tower assets, expand network-sharing
Telia has put its M&A chief in charge of a new business unit that will house its tower assets and is actively looking for investors for the entity.
Telia has put its M&A chief in charge of a new business unit that will house its tower assets and is actively looking for investors for the entity.
Sweden went ahead with its 5G spectrum auction despite legal challenges from Huawei and now China is not happy.
The contentious Swedish 5G auction proceeded as planned and the country’s dominant MNO Telia was the narrow winner.
Chinese vendor Huawei has had its main appeal against the terms of the Swedish auction declined, so it looks set to go ahead as planned.
Börje Ekholm seems to be persisting with his counter-intuitive campaign on behalf of arch-rival kit vendor Huawei.
Chinese vendor Huawei is doing everything it can to make it impossible for Sweden to sustain its ban.
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson, has spoken out against Sweden’s decision to ban Chinese vendors from being used in the country’s 5G networks.
Sweden is already reviewing its Huawei ban, but the Chinese vendor is still reportedly looking to raise billions by flogging its Honor smartphone unit to the Chinese state.
Chinese vendor Huawei has continued its fight back against its exclusion from European markets by launching a legal challenge to the Swedish decision.
With Sweden having recently banned Chinese kit vendors, the only surprise in Telia’s announcement was Nokia getting all is 5G standalone core work.
A new front has opened up in the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war with China, while China has made its feelings clear about Sweden’s recent ban.
Sweden has named the telcos that will participate in its 5G spectrum auction, but the real headline-grabber is that it has also barred Huawei and ZTE from supplying the winners with equipment.
Swedish telco group Telia has bowed out of the international carrier services market.
Anders Nilsson, CEO of Swedish telco group Tele2, has decided there’s more to life than hanging out in board rooms and bossing people about.
Swedish telco group is having a bit of a strategic rethink, so it has decided for a changing of the guard at the top table too.
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has announced it will delay the allocation of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz bands due to a security review.
While the investment climate for connectivity infrastructure has certainly been improving in recent years, a proactive and prioritised government is critical to ensure rapid evolution to the digital economy.
The German government will not prevent any networking vendor from being used in the country’s 5G network but the Swedes may not be so accommodating.
Anonymous insiders have told Swedish financial paper DI that Ericsson plans to replace Ekholm with the departing Saab CEO sometime next year.
Finnish network vendor Nokia has decided its strategy should be directed by Gabriela Styf Sjöman, formerly of Swedish operator group Telia.
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