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Published: 2014-07-21 08:00:00 CEST
Tele2 AB
Company Announcement
Tele2 and Aicent announce IPX Peering Agreement
Stockholm - Tele2 AB (Tele2), (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange: TEL2 A and TEL2
B)
and Aicent today announce IPX Peering Agreement. The Peering
relationship
interconnects IPX networks, extending global reach for next-gen
IP-based
communication services.
Tele2 is now announcing  that only 1,5 month
after the launch of Tele2 IPX
 solution on the Eurocore databack bone Network
they are taking the next step in
peering with Aicent, the world’s leading
multi-service IPX (IP exchange) of
mobile data network services and solutions
for mobile carriers globally. The
agreement allows both Aicent and Tele2 to
offer a combined multiservice IPX,
enhancing a mobile subscribers’ LTE roaming
experience through guaranteed end-to
-end Quality of Service commitments,
multiple Class of Service support, and
comprehensive security providing
high-quality voice and high-speed data access
comparable to what they receive
while in their home network.

Through this newly formed peering
interconnection, Aicent and Tele2’s mobile
operator customers will be able to
quickly and efficiently expand their LTE
roaming footprint via a single
connection supporting the exchange of next
generation voice, LTE roaming and
signaling services, in addition to standard
voice and GRX traffic.

Joachim
Horn, Executive Vice President and Group CTIO of Tele2 AB, comments:
“With the
increasing numbers of subscribers traveling for both personal and
business
needs, it is becoming more and more important to support mobile data
roaming on
a global level. We are pleased to be entering an agreement with
Aicent and this
partnership will improve our customers’ mobile 4G/LTE roaming
experience by
providing connectivity with best-in-class roaming.”

About Aicent
Founded in
2000, Aicent, Inc., a TL9000 certified organization, is the world’s
largest
multi-service IPX provider of data network services and solutions
connecting to
over 200 global mobile operators, including the world’s ten
largest. Through
extensive partnerships and peering arrangements, Aicent’s
network reaches all
2G, 3G and 4G operators, including more than 65 global
mobile operators
supporting LTE roaming, allowing mobile subscribers to roam
seamlessly between
international operator networks. The company's roaming hub
supports integrated
mobile messaging and value added services such as Roaming
Intelligence Suite
and Roaming Control Center, designed to help carriers
maximize roaming and
inter-carrier service revenue and profitability. For more
information, visit
www.aicent.com.

For further information, contact:

Lars Torstensson, EVP
Corporate Communication and Strategy, Telephone: +46 702
73 48 79

TELE2 IS ONE
OF EUROPE'S FASTEST GROWING TELECOM OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING
CUSTOMERS WITH
WHAT THEY NEED FOR LESS. We have 13 million customers in 9
countries. Tele2
offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data
network services
and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck founded the
company in 1993, it
has been a tough challenger to the former government
monopolies and other
established providers. Tele2 has been listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Stockholm since
1996. In 2013, we had net sales of SEK 30 billion and
reported an operating
profit (EBITDA) of SEK 6 billion.

 


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