The agreement is valid from 2009 to 2012. As part of its new way of operating, the city of Turku will buy all the mobile data and voice services and the fixed-network data and voice services from TeliaSonera in future.
As from the beginning of 2009, the agreement will cover about 5,000 mobile subscriptions. The number of subscriptions will grow in the future, as Turku plans to adopt a one-terminal policy and reduce the number of fixed subscriptions.
The purchase agreement on the fixed data network covers interconnecting the separate data networks of the city of Turku to form a single entity. The solution also comprises internet and information security services. The data network to be provided covers the sites of the Regional Rescue Services of Southwest Finland located in southwest Finland, as well as the city of Turku.
Batu Karasar, senior vice president of TeliaSonera Business Services Finland, said: The city of Turku has major ongoing projects in the fields of social and health service, for example. I am convinced we will find joint interests in future, for example as regards the development of health care and home care. In these projects we will be able to utilize the expertise we have gained from our earlier co-operation with other big municipal customers, such as the health service of the city of Turku and the cities of Helsinki and Tampere.
