Tele2 has always been a fast-moving challenger. Today, our footprint covers 10 country markets.
Tele2 is one of Europe’s fastest growing telecom operators, always providing customers what they need for less. We have 15 million customers in 10 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV 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 2012, we had net sales of SEK 31 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 6 billion.
In our ambition to expand our footprint we have started to explore the opportunities in Eurasia. As a challenger, we are looking for new licences in countries with interesting characteristics such as low level of competition and high pricing points.
During a constructive meeting, Russian Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolay Nikiforov and Tele2 AB CEO & President Mats Granryd discussed the prospects of development of the Russian telecommunications market. At the beginning of the meeting, Nikolay Nikiforov, the head of the Communications and Mass Media Ministry (Minkomsvyaz), shared his vision of ...