Telecoms news from Estonia

EMT Expanding LTE Coverage to 95% of Estonian Population by the End of 2013

EMT launched its LTE network in in 2010, and it currently covers 75 percent of the country's population. The network will be available throughout the whole country by the end of 2014. ...more.

Android Displaced Apple in Estonian Tablet Sales During 2012

Estonian mobile network, EMT says that its sales of mobile internet tablets jumped four-fold during 2012 compared to 2011. ...more.

Over Half of EMT Customers Now Selecting LTE Services

Estonian mobile network, EMT says that so far this month, over half of its new mobile data subscriptions have been sold to customers use LTE devices. ...more.

EMT's Smartphone Sales up by 66 Percent

Estonia's EMT says that its sales of smartphones were up by 66 percent over the past year. This compared to a global average increase in sales of 47 percent. ...more.

Ericsson Wins Estonian Smart Metering Contract

Elektrilevi, an Estonian electricity distribution network operator, has signed an eight-year contract with Ericsson to supply, deploy, systems integrate and run a smart-metering network. ...more.

TeliaSonera opens IT Development Center in Estonia

TeliaSonera has announced that it is creating a new IT development center in Tallinn, Estonia. ...more.

European Commission Expresses Serious Concerns About High Mobile Rates in Estonia

The European Commission put a hold on a proposal by the Estonian Competition Authority (ECA) to impose some of the highest mobile termination rates (MTRs) in the European Union from mid-2012 until mid-2015. ...more.

Estonian Network to Block Inbound SMS from Untrusted Overseas Senders

Estonian mobile network, EMT says that it is to start blocking inbound text messages which originate from servers of foreign operators with whom EMT has no messaging agreement. ...more.

Estonians Vote in Parliamentary Election by Mobile Phone

TeliaSonera's subsidiary, the mobile operator EMT in Estonia, has created a world's first mobile identification service which makes it possible to vote via a mobile phone. ...more.

TeliaSonera Launches LTE Services in Estonia

TeliaSonera has launched the first commercial LTE services in Estonia to customers in the city centres of Tallinn, Tartu, Kohila, and at IT College of Tallinn University of Technology. ...more.

Sarantel Outsources Antenna Production to Elcoteq

UK based handset antenna manufacturer, Sarantel Group has signed an agreement to outsource its assembly test and supply chain processes to Elcoteq, based in Tallinn, Estonia. ...more.

EMT Estonia Tests SIM Based A-GPS Location Based Services

BlueSky Positioning says that it has carried out trials of its SIM card based A-GPS system on the Estonian mobile network, EMT. The tests were conducted using both GPRS and USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) for retrieving assistance data in a live 3G network. ...more.

TeliaSonera to Buy Regional Operators

TeliaSonera has announced offers to buy out the shareholders in two regional telecoms operators - Lithuania based TEO LT and Estonia based Eesti Telekom. ...more.

Eesti Telekom Q2 Results - Regulator interference had malign consequences

Eesti Telekom of Estonia has reported its Q2 results. These show the impact of both the economic downturn and also regulatory interference. ...more.

Ericsson Buys Estonian Factory

Ericsson has signed an agreement with Elcoteq, a supplier to Ericsson, for part of its manufacturing operations in Estonia. ...more.

EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. ...more.

Elisa - Steady Customer Growth Maintained

Elisa's home operation in Finland finished 2008 with 2.54m customers, up 8.9% year on year. Although this was up 2.5pp compared to the 2007 rate, and was in fact the highest rate in six quarters, Elisa's growth may well lag behind that of the other two Finnish operators, ...more.

Estonia to vote by mobile phone in 2011

Parliament has approved a law making Estonia the first country to allow voting by mobile phone. Lawmakers approved a measure Thursday allowing citizens to vote by mobile phone in the next parliamentary elections in 2011. ...more.

TeliaSonera Launches Unlimited Music Download Service

TeliaSonera has launched an "all you can eat" mobile music download service which will be offered to more than 13.3 million mobile customers in six countries. Telia in Sweden will be the first to release the service. ...more.

Elisa Contines to Add Customers - Despite Market Saturation

Elisa continued its steady if unspectacular progress in Q3 08, adding 57.4k customers to bring its combined customer base to 2.83m. Given that Elisa’s markets of operation (Finland and Estonia) both have penetration rates in excess of 125%, such a growth rate is commendable, ...more.