Telenor and Telia join forces to create Denmark's best network
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
(Copenhagen/Fornebu, 14 June 2011) Telenor and Telia have entered into an
agreement on network sharing to create Denmark's best mobile network. The
agreement will have a significant impact on both the customer experience and the
companies' finances. Telia and Telenor will be holding a joint press conference
today at 11 am at Hotel Phoenix, Bredgade 37, Copenhagen.
This is a historic day in the Danish telecom industry. The two largest telecom
providers in Scandinavia, Telia and Telenor, have entered into an agreement to
share their mobile networks in Denmark. Telia and Telenor will also be
establishing a common infrastructure company to build the joint network. The
agreement involves the 2G, 3G and 4G (LTE) networks, and ambitions for the
agreement are high:
"The decision to merge our network investments and network competencies is a
real milestone. Together, we will create Denmark's best mobile network and
thereby provide the best customer experience within smartphones, tablets and
mobile broadband," say Søren Abildgaard, CEO, Telia, and Jon Erik Haug, CEO,
Telenor.
High ambitions in Denmark
With this agreement, the two companies give each other access to existing towers
in areas where they would each otherwise have had to build their own. In
addition, future new cellular towers will be built jointly by Telenor and Telia.
This will reduce both companies' spending on mobile infrastructure while at the
same time allowing them to expand the joint network more quickly than they would
have been able to do on their own.
"Both Telia and Telenor have high ambitions in Denmark. However, to achieve
these ambitions, we need to do two things successfully: We need to provide a
world-class customer experience. And we need to secure the scale of our network
to ensure that it is also profitable to do business in Denmark in the long term.
By sharing networks, we are taking a giant and strategically important step on
both fronts, making us even better prepared to face the competition," say Jon
Erik Haug and Søren Abildgaard.
Customers will begin to feel the effects of the network partnership right away.
As part of the agreement, Telenor and Telia are already in the process of giving
each other access to existing 2G and 3G positions within the framework of the
cellular tower legislation - as well as planning new joint 2G and 3G positions.
"We are making our network even more finely meshed and thus improving the speech
and data coverage of both companies, which will directly benefit customers. We
will be improving the customer experience month by month, and we are already
well underway," conclude Søren Abildgaard and Jon Erik Haug.
Partners in infrastructure, competitors in products
The partnership only covers the radio access network, i.e. the antennas, towers
and transmission equipment that establish connections to mobile units. The
partnership does not involve the two companies' core networks where their
services are produced - the core networks will continue to be operated
separately. Telia and Telenor will continue as two independent providers and
will in future also compete aggressively for customers through different
products, services and prices. Telenor and Telia will report the establishment
of the new joint network company to the Danish Competition and Consumer
Authority.
Contact
Telenor in Denmark
Peter Glüsing, Head of Press Relations
Tel.: +45 6050 6310, E-mail:pgu(at)telenor.dk
Telenor Group
Atle Lessum, Communication Manager
Tel.: +47 415 05 645, E-mail:atle.lessum(at)telenor.com
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