Danish company TT-Network, the joint venture between the local units of Swedish operator TeliaSonera and Norway’s Telenor, has completed the final phase of its Single RAN network sharing project, for which Nokia Networks was the sole radio and services provider.
TTN’s process for creating a common infrastructure in Denmark started in 2012 with the merger of TeliaSonera’s and Telenor’s LTE networks, followed by 3G infrastructure. Now the company has finalized the consolidation of the GSM portion.
Under the project, Nokia Networks implemented its Single RAN Advanced platform, built around the Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, to run all technologies concurrently. Also, Nokia Networks’ NetAct network management system ensures effective monitoring, management and optimization of the shared network.
Johan Wickman, CEO at TTN, said: “So far, no other operator has accomplished a multiradio sharing initiative of such a broad scope.”
In June 2011, Danish mobile operators TeliaSonera and Telenor inked a deal to share their mobile networks in the country.
TeliaSonera, Telenor offer concessions to get merger approval in Denmark
In related news, TeliaSonera and Telenor have offered concessions in the Danish market to address the European Union’s concerns about the plan to merge the operations of the two operators in Denmark.
“We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Commission and we hope to see an approval later this year,” Reuters quoted a TeliaSonera spokesman as saying.
European Union antitrust regulators have recently extended the deadline to reach a final decision over the plan by TeliaSonera and Telenor to merge their mobile subsidiaries in Denmark to Oct. 7.
Earlier this year, the European Commission had expressed concern that a joint venture between the two operators would result in higher prices and decreased innovation in the Danish mobile telephony market. The merger plan would also reduce the number of players in Denmark from its current four to three.
If the merger receives the green-light from the European authorities, the two Nordic telcos will each own 50% of the joint venture, and the combined company will have 40% of the Danish mobile market with 3.5 million subscribers.
The other two mobile operators in Denmark are TDC and Hi3G.
