Nordic Business Report-August 24, 2006-Telenor enters into partnership with The Cloud Nordic
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Norwegian telecomms operator Telenor ASA said on Thursday (24 August) that it had signed a partnership agreement with The Cloud Nordic to offer wireless broadband Internet (WiFi) access to its customers across four countries.
There are more than 8,000 Cloud wireless public hotspots around Europe including airports, hotels, city zones and railway stations across Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, Telenor said. In the first phase The Cloud will build 800 new hotspots in Sweden and 500 hotspots in Denmark, all available for Telenor's mobile business customers.
Telenor customers will now be able to connect to the Pan-Nordic WiFi Network and roam onto The Cloud's extensive coverage in Germany and UK.
Telenor will also offer an SMS solution where Telenor and non-Telenor customers can buy access for a short period of time.
Telenor will be the first mobile operator in Scandinavia to provide its customers with wireless Internet access on The Cloud's network.
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