24 Facts About Tele2

Tele2 AB is a Swedish telecommunications operator headquartered in the Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden.

Tele2 started as a telecommunications company in Sweden in 1993 by the company Investment AB Kinnevik.

Three companies of Comviq, Kabelvision, and Tele2 came together as the Tele2 brand on fixed-line services and Comviq on mobile services in Sweden in 1997.

In November 2018, Tele2 was merged with telecom operator Com Hem, which delivers, among other things, TV, broadband and telephony.

Tele2 has achieved the most success in Russian market, with a customer base increasing by the hundreds of thousands yearly.

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In March 2008 Tele2 divested its Austrian MVNO operations to Telekom Austria, although retaining its fixed line and internet services until the latter two services were sold to Hutchison 3 in 2017.

In June 2008 Tele2 sold its Liechtenstein and Luxembourg holdings to Belgian operator Belgacom.

Tele2 tried to sell its German unit in 2007, although no sale took place.

Tele2 operates in Austria since 1999, starting as an alternative fixed-line telephone operator.

One Year later, Tele2 Austria bought UTA Telekom AG, a former competitor, and became the largest provider for alternative telecommunication service in Austria.

Tele2 used to operate as 2G MVNO in France use Orange network for coverage and joined to Virgin Mobile in 2009.

In Germany, Tele2 provides fixed broadband via ADSL as well as fixed telephony.

Tele2 is the smallest of three mobile operators in Kazakhstan with about 4.

In December 2018 Tele2 was announced to be closed, leaving Beeline to be the only government-independent carrier.

Tele2 Lithuania is the only telecommunications operator across Europe and Americas to rocket from the last position to the market leader.

Tele2 purchased Versatel in the Netherlands in mid-2005 which allowed it to move away from carrier select services via KPN and onto own infrastructure.

The new Tele2 Netherlands offer a full suite of triple play services.

On 15 July 2010, Tele2 demonstrated the first LTE network in the Netherlands on the frequencies it was awarded licenses for earlier the same year.

Tele2 paid €161M for its licenses which can be considered low, compared to the €1.

Tele2 started the operations in the Russian Federation by acquiring 12 regional mobile operators from its sister company Millicom in 2001.

On 28 March 2013 Tele2 announced that they would sell their Russian operations to the bank VTB for US$2.

Sweden is where Tele2 originated and it remains one of its strongest markets serving over 4 million customers.

On 24 May 2020, Tele2 became the first mobile network operator in Sweden to commercially launch a 5G NR network, initially in the Stockholm area and from 24 June 2020 was extended to Gothenburg and Malmo.

Tele2 pulled out of the Finnish market stating problems with the competitive and regulatory environment after the Finnish government had previously cancelled their 3G licence.