BROWSING: Finland

Finland-based Edzcom and Netherlands-based Signify have entered a partnership to build a private smart-city 5G and IoT network using street-lighting and other road infrastructure for the city of Tampere, in Finland. The network, which is to be deployed and densified in quick-time by Edzcom...

Elisa and Lounea will begin developing pilot sites early this year Elisa and telco Lounea, which operates in Western Finland, have established a joint nationwide fiber network venture. The pair will begin developing pilot sites early this year. Elisa will provide services and perform the...

Deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, according to Nokia Nokia will supply 5G radio network equipment and deployment and managed services to Finnish Shared Network Ltd (SYV). SYV, a joint operation by DNA Oyj and Telia Finland Oyj, is looking...

Finland has issued its first private cellular licence for industrial LTE and 5G at 2.3 GHz. State-owned energy company Fortum Power and Heat will use the licence at its power plant in Loviisa, on the country’s southern coast. Local transport and communications agency Traficom...

The Finnish 5G spectrum auction included three 800 megahertz blocks in the 25.1-27.5 GHz range The second Finnish 5G spectrum auction was completed today, with the only bidders being operators Telia, Elisa and Telenor-owned DNA. They all walked away as winners. Today’s auction included three 800...

Elisa has added 5G coverage to Hyvinkää's city center Elisa has added 5G coverage to Hyvinkää, the 19th location in Finland offering the carrier’s next-generation services. 5G coverage in Hyvinkää is currently limited to the city center and Hakalanmäki, but will be expanding this spring,...

Autonomous ships will be a reality before robot aircraft or driverless cars, reckons Rolls-Royce, despite the maritime industry’s late start with digital technologies. The British engine maker said it will test autonomous tug boats in port waters along the Finnish coast this summer. The shipping...

The Finnish government acquired a 3.3% stake in Nokia via its fully-owned holding company Solidium The Finnish government has acquired 3.3% of the shares in Nokia Corporation for approximately  844 million euros ($1.04 billion).  The government said the acquisition was made through the state’s holding company...

The content service provider (CSP) landscape continues to evolve in order to keep up with changing technologies, customer expectations and new business models. Comptel is an integral part of the CSP discussion and I recently had the opportunity to discuss these topics with their...

Slush 2014 took place this week in Helsinki, Finland. Started in 2008 with only around 150 attendees, this year’s attendee count clocked in at just over 14,000 showing amazing growth. The atmosphere was a mix of nightclub and conference, with participants from a range...

Nokia Siemens Networks | August 31, 2011 | Press Release Customers of Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT), the largest mobile operator in Latvia, can now enjoy ultra-fast broadband with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for accessing services, including reliable video streaming, real-time...

Nokia Siemens Networks| August 31, 2011 | Press Release Under the two-year agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize TeliaSonera Finland’s existing GSM and 3G networks, and roll out new LTE services. TeliaSonera was the first operator in the world to commercially launch 4G services −...

Reuters | August 24, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Tarmo Virki The world's two largest cellphone vendors, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled new cheaper smartphone models on Wednesday hoping to defend their stronghold from Apple. Read the full article here via Reuters

Reuters | August 25, 2011 | Duncan Miriri Ailing Nokia Oyj unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by consumer needs in Africa, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals. Read the full article here via Reuters

MyBroadband | August 11, 2011 A live traffic service is coming to South African Nokia smartphone users with the latest Nokia Maps update Read the full article here via MyBroadband

Reuters | August 4, 2011 | Georgina Prodhan Nokia Siemens Networks has begun cutting 1,500 jobs from the 6,900 staff it acquired with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Motorola's telecoms network unit in April, a spokesman said on Thursday. Read the full article here via Reuters...

Bloomberg | August 3, 2011 | Diana ben-Aaron Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) is offering companies advertising with embedded tags that can be read by some mobile phones as it tries to gain a lead in the technology over rivals such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google...

Nokia Siemens | July 28, 2011 | Press Release Cable Bahamas, the leading cable and broadband service provider in the Bahamas, will soon be the first in the islands to offer high-quality, attractively priced IP telephony service over cable networks. The company has selected Nokia...

Nokia | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Espoo, Finland - Based on previously announced decisions of the Board of Directors to issue shares held by the Company, 18 092 Nokia shares (NOK1V) held by the Company are today transferred to participants of Nokia's equity-based...

Nokia | July 27, 2011 | Press Release Espoo, Finland - Based on previously announced decisions of the Board of Directors to issue shares held by the Company, 18 092 Nokia shares (NOK1V) held by the Company are today transferred to participants of Nokia's equity-based...

Bloomberg | July 25, 2011 | Jun Yang Samsung Electronics Co., maker of the Galaxy mobile phone, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc. in smartphone sales for the first time on demand for devices that run on Android software, a research company said. Read...

Nokia Siemens | July 22, 2011 | Press Release Nokia Siemens Networks’ IP Multimedia Subsystem platform to offer new services M-net Telekommunikations GmbH, a leading operator in Bavaria, Germany, is swapping its existing softswitch with a solution from Nokia Siemens Networks. The operator has selected Nokia...

Reuters | July 21, 2011 | Hayley Platt Swedish mobile phone maker Ericsson missed forecasts taking the gloss off strong quarterly sales while Finland's Nokia delivered a 391 million euro profit for the same period. Hayley Platt reports. Video via Reuters

Nokia | July 21, 2011 | Press Release 6.7% Devices & Services non-IFRS operating margin, benefiting from IPR royalty income related to the second quarter 2011 and settling prior periods. Read the full press release here via Nokia