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Best Swedish mobile operator? |
HappyHammer
Joined: Mar 13, 2002
Posts: 20
From: Solna
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Hej,
I'll be moving to Stockholm at the end of March and I need to get myself a mobile phone and Swedish subscription as soon as possible.
I was wondering if any Swedes out there could give me some advice on choosing the right operator? I understand the choice is between Telia, Vodafone, Comviq and 3, right?
Please could you rate each of these networks in the following categories, from 1-5 where 1 is terrible and 5 is great:
Network coverage in Sweden
Network reliabilty (frequency of dropped calls etc.)
Price (handsets, calls and monthly fees)
Speed to market of new services (GPRS, MMS etc.)
Range of handsets available
Quality of Customer Service
I've been trying to find a decent comparison of the networks online, but I haven't found anything useful. If anyone know's any good sites, then let me know.
Tack!
HappyHammer
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burmistrz
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
Posts: 233
From: Sweden Sthlm
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I have my Vodafone (former Europolitan) since 10 years ago, so:
Network coverage in Sweden : 4 - 4+
Network reliabilty (frequency of dropped calls etc.) : just few per year: 4 - 5
Price (handsets, calls and monthly fees) :3 - 4
Speed to market of new services (GPRS, MMS etc.) leading one:4 -5
Range of handsets available : almost all of them: 4
Quality of Customer Service :the very best in Sweden? -5
I hope that helps you. Peter
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JorgenSt
Joined: May 27, 2002
Posts: 63
From: Uppsala, Sweden
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Hej!
Welcome to sweden!
I'm currently using telia / vodaf / tele2(comviq) and 3.
Telia got the best coverage no mater what, and of course also the fewest drops, but you can normaly get lower rates with comviq and 3.
Of course telia/vf/comviq are gsm operators with gsm-phones, 3 is 3g operator with 3g-handsets (lousy ones right now  )
All gsm-operators offer the same gprs-speed, 3:s speed is marvelous (of course) (3 is using vf gsm/gprs network when you are to far away from the 3g network).
Hope this is making some sense  .
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lamebot
Joined: Dec 04, 2003
Posts: 132
From: Stockholm
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Telia has the best coverage, Tele2/Comviq often has the most competitive prices and Vodafone is somewhere in the middle.
I used to be really really happy with Europolitan, but since they were bought by Vodafone service quality (especially customer service) has dropped. Can't really compare to the other operators though since I've used Europolitan/Vodafone since -99
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grapetonix
Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 59
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Welcome to Stockholm when it's time!
Regarding mobile operators....
TELIA Mobitel: The former state-owned Televerket. Thus, they, with a few exceptions, have the far best coverage and sound quality, especially if you're thinking of going to the countryside at times. They have somewhat worse coverage in special cases though. I was e.g. at a party in a cellar far below ground recently, no TELIA reception but the other two operators were still going strong.
Needless to say, they are also the most expensive but run nice campaigns at times (I have free weekend MMS now, for instance)
vodafone SE: Former Europolitan. Good city coverage. Worse at the countryside. Good voice quality and fine technologies.
Comviq: Cheapest op, voice quality problems though (frequent echoing). Still, good reception in cities etc. Workable. They have a great prepaid plan - SEK 1:65 / minute no matter when or to whom you call within the country (other mobile operators as well).
Conclusion: choose telia for coverage, comviq for low-price and vodafone for somewhere-in-between.
These coverage maps should speak for themselves:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_se.shtml
cheers,
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FluffyBunny
Joined: Jan 25, 2004
Posts: 25
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@HappyHammer Welcome to our beautiful country of forests and high taxes! (hehe) Hope you'll enjoy it here!!! 
If you know swedish, or at least know numbers (hehe) you can check http://www.mobil.se/tackningstest/karta.asp?sid=2 out! I think it will be of some help for you.
Of course; If you want maxium coverage, to an "ok" price; go for Telia or any of the virtual operators using this network.
I must warn you that Vodafone isn't very "inbetween", it's quite expensive really, atm many of their services doesn't work as good as let's say Telia's and to top that off; you pay a higher cost for it.
If you have 2 mobiles, I suggest you get one with Djuice (using Tele2's network) for SMS and daytime (before 19 on workdays) calling, and "something" running Telia - maybe their brand "Halebop" could be something for you?
Note that Halebop's evening calling cost / minute only applies to other Telia Sonera mobile customers, or calling to any baseline carrier. Otherwise you pay like 2 sek / minute in the evenings - so you are wise to check the operator of the one you are calling, if you've got the time that is!
Anywho, I hope this helped you somewhat lad / lass!
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