Per Christian Mørland is appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and Dr. Rainer Deutschmann is appointed Group Chief Operating Officer of Telia Company.

Effective August 1, Per Christian Mørland will take on the position of EVP, Group CFO of Telia Company, replacing Douglas Lubbe who is currently serving as acting CFO. Per Christian Mørland is currently CFO of Telia Norway, a position he has held since October 2015. Per Christian brings 16 years of deep telco experience from within the Nordics and also from time spent in Asia and Central Europe.

Telia customers from Finland, Norway and Sweden can now roam, i.e. use their mobile phone while travelling abroad, between the 5G-networks that Telia is building in those countries. To use the service, customers need a 5G-ready subscription and smartphone and they need to be in an area where there is 5G-coverage.

Telia Company has agreed to sell its 47.1 percent holding in Turkcell Holding, which owns 51.0 percent in the listed company Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, to the state owned Turkey Wealth Fund for USD 530 million. The transaction also includes, subject to closing, a full and global settlement of all shareholder disputes and litigations connected to Turkcell and Turkcell Holding.

Tomorrow, Telia Sweden inaugurates its first major commercial 5G network in Stockholm. The network has been up and running for a number of weeks already. 15 base stations are already in place, and during July a further 60+ will be built. The 5G network will cover most of central Stockholm by Midsummer. Expansion of the network is underway in a further 12 cities including Gothenburg and Malmö, where it will be launched later this year.