The two Swedish rivals and UMTS license holders, Europolitan and Hi3G, are to co-operate on building the costly UMTS net in Sweden.
G can look forward to similar savings.
News of the deal between Europolitan and Hi3G comes immediately after two other Swedish telephone companies, the operators NetCom and Telia, had announced the previous week that they are to build a joint network. Telecomms consultant Richard Cadman of EAG believes that network-building partnerships of this sort will have a detrimental effect on competition and, in the final analysis, may cost customers money. Company profiles Europolitan AB is a Swedish GSM operator with a license to build a 3G mobile network. The company's head office is in Karlskrona, Sweden. Europolitan is a leader in the field of technically advanced services.