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Telia chooses Nokia to supply test equipment for broadband ADSL trials
April 27, 1998
Telia AB, Sweden, has chosen Nokia as one of the potential suppliers for its planned broadband ADSL introduction. Nokia will deliver its latest broadband ADSL equipment for testing and evaluation this summer, 1998.
The delivery will include the Eksos broadband access node and modems from Nokia’s Eksos family as well as Nokia’s state-of-the-art Network Management System (NMS).
As part of its ambitious plans, Telia aims to introduce ADSL broadband technologies on a large scale to both residential and small home office (SOHO) customers. It is envisaged that the equipment will support services such as remote working and very high-speed Internet over the coming years.
“We see this as an important step in introducing broadband on a large scale in our network” says Mr Ragnar Thall, Project Director at Telia Network services.
“We are very pleased to have been chosen as one of the potential partners for such an important project," states Mr Nils Lagerström Managing Director, Nokia Telecommunications AB. “Broadband ADSL will play an important role in bringing a faster, broader variety of services to the end users.”
Telia is an International Telecommunications Corporation with its home base in one of the most open telecommunication markets in the world - the Swedish. Telia is one of the largest employers in Sweden, with approx. 32, 000 employees and a revenue 1997 of SEK 46 billion.
Nokia's access solutions provide operators with the tools to connect end users to network services. Nokia has already supplied access solutions to over forty countries worldwide and provides operators with a smooth migration into broadband services. Nokia's long experience in transmission has been instrumental in developing the ability to design and implement integrated, cost-efficient solutions.
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a broad-scope telecommunications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and computer monitors. With sales in 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion) in 1997. Nokia, listed on NYSE (NOK.A), employs more than 38,000 people worldwide.
Further information
Nokia Telecommunications
Communications Department
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
Mr Ragnar Thall, Project Director
Telia Network Services
Tel. (Int.) + 46 8 713 1917
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