Swedish telco TeliaSonera reports 200,000 customers for IPTV service

September 18, 2007 – Swedish telco TeliaSonera has reported that it recently registered its 200,000th customer for its domestic IPTV service, double the number reported in May of this year.

At present over 2.5mn households in Sweden are inside TeliaSonera’s footprint for IPTV services.  TeliaSonera also recently reported that in July of this year its customers set a new record for its video on demand service, renting nearly 1,000 movies per day.

“The broadband network has clear benefits over the older cable TV network,” said Kent Jonsson, Head of Sales at TeliaSonera for broadband services in Sweden.  “Just look at our launch of smart broadband last week.  Now you only need a single box at home to connect your TV, broadband, telephony, and much more.”  The Telia Smart package includes an all-in-one gateway featuring a broadband modem, built-in wireless network, IP telephony adaptor and a firewall.

“Customers want to a greater extent to control their own time and media consumption,” Mr Jonsson added.  “They want to watch TV when it suits them.  We are constantly striving to improve our TV selection with new channel packages and interactive services that meet our customers’ demands.”

TeliaSonera posted sales of SEK 91bn in 2006 (US$ 13.57bn), and in March 2007 its total number of customers exceeded 100mn in 15 countries.