Sonera Corporation (historic)

Synopsis

Formerly known as Telecom Finland, Sonera Corporation provided telecommunications in all sectors in Finland. It had subsidiaries and associated companies in 14 countries and was an international player in mobile, data and media communications. Its key business areas were fixed voice and data services, and wireless voice and data services, with Internet applications spread across these infrastructures. Originally state owned as Telecom Finland, the company began privatisation in 1990. In December 2002, Sonera and Telia completed the merging of their companies. For information on the merged companies, see the TeliaSonera company profile.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Year 2001 results
• 3. Telia- Sonera merger analysis – October 2002
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 The proposal
  • 3.3 Anticipated cost savings
  • 3.4 EC conditions
  • 3.5 Government support
  • 3.6 The region
  • 3.7 Regional consolidation
  • 3.8 Existing businesses
  • 3.9 Growth
  • 3.10 Baltic interests
• 4. Operations
  • 4.1 Fixed voice and data
  • 4.2 Mobile
    • 4.2.1 Finland
    • 4.2.2 International
  • 4.3 Internet
  • 4.4 Broadband
  • 4.5 Application Service Provider
  • 4.6 Directories
  • 4.7 Broadcasting
• 5. International activities
• 6. Other developments
  • 6.1 Year 2001
  • 6.2 Year 2002
• 7. Contact details

• Table 1 – Revenue for years ending December – 1995-2001
• Table 2 – Revenue by segment – 2000
• Table 3 – Sonera’s fixed-line network operating statistics – 1995-2001
• Table 4 – Sonera’s mobile operating statistics – 1995-2001

• Exhibit 1 - Sonera Corporation at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Key subsidiaries and joint ventures – December 2001