TeliaSonera International Carrier
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TeliaSonera International Carrier is a global provider of cross-border and domestic communication services. It is wholly owned by the TeliaSonera
Group, the largest telecommunications group in the Nordic
and Baltic
regions. It is generally considered to be one of the Tier 1 network
s.
and telephony
services. In addition it also provides media, education and online gaming
industries with services tailored to their specific needs.
The company owns and operates more than 43000 kilometres (26,719 mi) of fiber network
, which covers more than 200 points of presence in major cities in 35 countries across Europe, the US and Asia. The network is centrally managed, and can be monitored and optimized from Network Operations Center
s 24/7/365.
TeliaSonera International Carriers partners with several other carriers, extending its network reach beyond its own infrastructure. More than 1,000 carriers and service providers buy TeliaSonera International Carrier’s services, and it can claim to be one of the largest carriers in Europe.
In 2009 the company won top honours and recognition as Best Wholesale Carrier for the second time (first time in 2007) at the annual World Communication Awards
.
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers...
Group, the largest telecommunications group in the Nordic
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
and Baltic
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
regions. It is generally considered to be one of the Tier 1 network
Tier 1 network
A tier 1 network is an Internet Protocol network that participates in the Internet solely via settlement-free interconnection, also known as settlement-free peering.-Definition:...
s.
Services
The core business of TeliaSonera International Carrier is to provide both IPInternet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
and telephony
Telephony
In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
services. In addition it also provides media, education and online gaming
Online game
An online game is a game played over some form of computer network. This almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology, but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems...
industries with services tailored to their specific needs.
The company owns and operates more than 43000 kilometres (26,719 mi) of fiber network
Fiber-optic communication
Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information...
, which covers more than 200 points of presence in major cities in 35 countries across Europe, the US and Asia. The network is centrally managed, and can be monitored and optimized from Network Operations Center
Network Operations Center
A network operations center is one or more locations from which control is exercised over a computer, television broadcast, or telecommunications network....
s 24/7/365.
TeliaSonera International Carriers partners with several other carriers, extending its network reach beyond its own infrastructure. More than 1,000 carriers and service providers buy TeliaSonera International Carrier’s services, and it can claim to be one of the largest carriers in Europe.
Recognition
In 2010 the company won top honours and recognition as Best Customer Care, at the annual World Communication Awards in London. They were also nominated in the Best Wholesale Carrier category.In 2009 the company won top honours and recognition as Best Wholesale Carrier for the second time (first time in 2007) at the annual World Communication Awards
World Communication Awards
The World Communication Awards were established in 1999 to recognise excellence amongst global telecom operators. The 2007 awards were presented in London on 28 November and drew an audience of more than 500 senior executives from the telecommunication industry.Previous winners have come from...
.