Backbone Directory: TeliaSonera International Carrier

TeliaSonera International Carrier's backbone network offers IP, capacity and voice services over more than 24,000 route miles worldwide.

by Jeff Goldman [December 14, 2005]

TeliaSonera International Carrier is the wholesale arm of the Swedish carrier TeliaSonera.	Current Network Maps

TeliaSonera was founded in 2002 as a result of a merger between the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, Telia and Sonera. TeliaSonera International Carrier operates in more than 20 countries in Europe, and in the U.S. and Russia.

The company's wholly owned Viking Networks cover more than 40,000 route kilometers (24,800 miles). An interactive network map on TeliaSonera's Web site shows the range of services available in each country, from Bulgaria to the United States. The network can provide speeds ranging from 2 Mbps to 1,000 Gbps, depending on customer requirements.

Key network info:

• DWDM-based fiber optic network for IP platform
• Capable of terabit transmission
• 24/7 network monitoring and management
• 99.999 percent availability
• Hardware supplied by Juniper and Cisco
• One single global AS number
• 10 Gbps dual link between core nodes
• 50 Gbps across the Atlantic

Corporate Contact Info:

	Executive:	Anders Igel, CEO
	Headquarters:	Isafjordsgatan 35 SE-164 40 Kista SWEDEN
	Phone:	+46 8 713 10 00
	U.S headquarters:	2201 Cooperative Way, Suite 302, Herndon, VA 20171
	U.S phone:	703-546-4000
	U.S fax:	703-546-4125
	Acceptable Use Policy:	http://www.360.net/Customer_Care/Acceptable_Use/
	Customer service:	+46 771 19 11 70 or carrier-csc@teliasonera.com
	ISP services:	http://www.teliasoneraic.com/ts/teliasonera/sidtypTS_16.do?tabId=2
	Customer service portal login:	http://simportal-txn.kal.telia.se/TSCC/static/eng/login.html
	NetMetric portal:	https://netmetric.teliasoneraic.com/
	Newsroom:	http://www.teliasoneraic.com/ts/teliasonera/home.do?tabId=5
	Investor relations:	http://www.teliasonera.com/channelfront2/0,2856,l-en_h-12435,00.html

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