Tele2 prepares for summer with new seaside base stations

TeleGeography - Friday 17th May, 2013

Tele2 Lithuania has said it is rolling out additional base stations across the country's resorts to help cope with a surge in demand for mobile services during the summer season. The company, which is owned by Swedish telecoms group Tele2, has installed a new 2G/3G cell site in Nida, with others to follow in Palanga and Juodkrante. In the first three months of the year Tele2 installed and ...

Mobily Ericsson to upgrade EPC network in Western region

TeleGeography - Friday 17th May, 2013

Saudi Arabia's second largest mobile operator in terms of subscriptions Mobily (Etihad Etisalat) has entered into a strategic partnership with Ericsson to upgrade its Evolved Packet Core (EPC) networks in the western region of the Kingdom, in order to enhance data transmission capacity. According to the press release, Ericsson will upgrade ...

Canada captain Staal injured in knee-on-knee collision with Swedens Edler

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

STOCKHOLM - Canadian captain Eric Staal had to be helped off the ice after a knee-on-knee collision with Sweden defenceman Alex Edler in the first period of the quarter-final game at the world hockey championship. Staal clutched his left knee and was in obvious pain after Edler skated into the Sweden zone and clipped Staal's knee at 15:52 of the first period. Staal was trying to corral a ...

Trelleborgs Online Survey to Explore Inhibitors to Innovation

AZoM - Friday 17th May, 2013

What happens when internal innovation stagnates? Trelleborg’s online survey will explore the issues facing business with regards to innovation and attitudes to outsourcing. The outsourcing of product R&D has long been a topic of discussion – many understand the benefits such as speed to market, budget control and specialist expertise but leading producer of speciality polymer ...

Solna voted best place to live in Sweden

The Local - Friday 17th May, 2013

In this year's ranking, Greater Stockholm was blessed with four suburbs inside the country's top five spots. Nacka came in second, ...

Ikea founder rated fifth richest in the world

The Local - Friday 17th May, 2013

Kamprad was the second wealthiest European on the list, after Spain's Amancio Ortega, owner of the retail Zara chain, who finished fourth. Another Swede, H&M's chairman Stefan Persson, squeezed inside the top 20 with an estimated wealth of $25.5 billion. Ikea pulled in more than $36 billion in revenue and $4 billion in net income in 2012, Bloomberg wrote. Ikano Group, ...

Lesbian kiss fails to shock Eurovision fans

The Local - Friday 17th May, 2013

Eurovision has been a staple of gay culture for decades in western Europe, where gay bars and nightclubs traditionally screen the event and drag queens often pay tribute to the kitsch outfits. But if the lesbian kiss stays part of the act ...

LinkedIn profile lands Swede with hefty tax bill

The Local - Friday 17th May, 2013

A Swedish man is facing a five-million kronor ($750,000) add-on to his tax bill after the authorities took a proper look at his account on the professional network site ...

SinterCast Annual General Meeting 2013

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

16 May 2013] - The SinterCast AB (publ) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 15 May 2013 in Stockholm. During the AGM, presentations were provided by Mr Terry Aldea, Global Executive, Casting and Forging Operations, Ford Motor Company and by Dr Steve Dawson, President & CEO. The recorded presentations will be available on the SinterCast website on Friday 17 May. Mr Aldea provided an ...

Sweden eliminates Canada in quarter-finals at worlds

General Sources - Friday 17th May, 2013

Canada's players reacts after their lost during the quarterfinals match Canada vs Sweden at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships on May 16, 2013 in Stockholm. Sweden won ...

Update 3-nordic Stocks - Factors To Watch On May 17

Reuters - Friday 17th May, 2013

Fri May 17, 2013 2:18am EDT (Adds TeliaSonera network upgrade) HELSINKI May 17 (Reuters) - The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Friday: TELIASONERA Sweden's biggest operator said it would invest around 5 billion crowns ($753 million) a year in its home market to 2015 to build out coverage and capacity in its 4G and 3G networks across the ...

World s most beautiful girls live in Stockholm Sweden

Pravda - Friday 17th May, 2013

Traveler's Digest, a magazine for travelers, has made a list of countries and cities where world's most beautiful women live. Russia and its capital of Moscow do not take the last place on the list, although the country and the city can not be found on such lists as "the safest, most fashionable and pleasant country in the world to ...