Ericsson and TeliaSonera today announced the signing of a commercial LTE network. This network will cover Sweden’s capital Stockholm and the contract is Ericsson’s first for commercial deployment of LTE. The new 4G network will do for broadband what mobile telephony did for voice. With real-time performance, and about 10 times higher data rates compared to today’s mobile broadband networks, consumers can always be connected.

Ericsson and TeliaSonera have started the roll-out in Stockholm, Sweden for commercial launch 2010. Ericsson will perform network implementation services and will manage the network during the initial operation period. The agreement also includes a long-standing partnership where both parties will jointly evolve the way consumers use mobile broadband with LTE.