http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/faster-to-market-necessary-for-survival/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/faster-to-market-necessary-for-survival/Mobile Internet, smartphones and the emergence of M2M has put pressure on service providers. An increasingly complex value chain has evolved and operators need to speed up the process in producing new products and services to survive. Listen to the interview from Mobile World Congress 2012 with Kennth Rådne, Head of Product Management on what has been done to meet the situation. If service providers don't adjust they will be victims to the OTT (over the top players) that will cannibalise on t...Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:09:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/rich-communication-suite-the-next-level-of-social-media/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/rich-communication-suite-the-next-level-of-social-media/The GSMA this morning made several announcements around Rich Communication Services (RCS) – including the creation of a consumer-facing brand, joyn . Rich Communication Suite is a standard which enables services such as enhanced messaging and voice, video calling and content sharing directly from the phone’s contact book, regardless of the network or device used.  The GSMA has been working jointly with several operators to develop a common platform for these services. Among the major operator...Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/welcome-to-the-mobile-world-congress-2012/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/welcome-to-the-mobile-world-congress-2012/The whole mobile world joins up in Barcelona for a week during the Mobile World Congress 2012 to show and discuss hot topics such as M2M , partnership development, rich communication suite and other topics. During the week, besides giving you latest news from the congress, we will also provide coverage of TeliaSonera's activities. TeliaSonera's view on future development Smart phones made an enormous success last year but what will be the next step? What will happen when 4G get into every man...Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:09:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_PFO/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_PFO/Women that are stalked or just feel threatened when walking alone late at night can now feel more secure. A specially designed bracelet that sends a text message indicating the wearer’s GPS-position, allows her to alarm three pre-selected friends in case of an assault. If the woman wearing the bracelet feels threatened, she sticks her finger under the bracelet and pulls. A text message is then sent to three designated persons, showing her GPS position on a map. If the woman does not answer he...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_dart/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_dart/Some nasty accidents that happened during ambulance emergency rides have made it clear that the drivers need further training. Today, training is easier to provide through information recorded in an emergency ride log. This leads to lower speeds and more careful overtaking. All ambulance drivers receive basic training, but further training that is needed for safer driving is difficult to obtain since the critical situations that may lead to accidents arise in actual traffic. A few serious...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/mobile-ekg-monitor-saves-lives/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/mobile-ekg-monitor-saves-lives/Each day, 1,000 persons in Europe suffer a stroke due to irregular heart rhythm, 17 of them in Sweden. Every case of stroke incurs SEK 500,000 in medical costs and leads to death or lifelong suffering for the patient.  With Zenicor-EKG , more than half of the strokes can be avoided. Zenicor-EKG is the size of a mobile phone and easily goes into the pocket or handbag. The patient can register his or her ECG by simply putting two thumbs on the device and holding them there for 30 seconds. By...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_mainstory/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m_mainstory/In 2012, more than half a billion machine-to-machine, or M2M , devices are expected to be in operation worldwide.   The annual growth is estimated to be between 45 and 50 per cent. A few years ago, the smart home served as an example of what the future would look like, but today, many other areas are hot. At present, M2M is used within the energy, transport, security, real estate and health care sectors. The global M2M market is expected to generate USD 57 billion in net sales by 2014,...Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/hot-topics/mobile-world-congress-2012/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/hot-topics/mobile-world-congress-2012/Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:07:00 +0100