4G Mobile Phone Picks Up Speed in Scandinavia

Mobile phone industry analysts are predicting 4G phone services won’t take off in a big way in Scandinavia until around 2013.

Swedish / Finnish 4G mobile phone operator TeliaSonera estimates that out of 400,000 potential customers in Stockholm and Oslo only around 1000 have so far subscribed to 4G. TeliaSonera is in the process of expanding its 4G network to another 25 cities in Sweden and 5 cities in Norway.

The first 4G phones will only become available this summer and mobile industry analysts say take up will accelerate when services currently available for data modems and wireless cards only are also available on compatible mobile phones.