Comment Now in English... (Score 1) 1
There's an English article up at The Local now... TeliaSonera launches 4G mobile broadband in Stockholm.
Submission + - Telia launches 4G network in Stockholm/Oslo (google.com) 1
digithed writes: Earlier than expected Telia have today opened the World's first commercial 4G network in Stockholm (with infrastructure provided by Ericsson) and in Oslo (with infrastructure provided by Huawei).
The link is a Google translation of a Swedish article at www.mobil.se. Ignore the references to Vodafone in the translation this is definitely Telia and nothing at all to do with Vodafone. For some reason Google translate Telia to Vodafone in their Swedish to English translation...I wonder how much Vodafone paid for that :-)
The link is a Google translation of a Swedish article at www.mobil.se. Ignore the references to Vodafone in the translation this is definitely Telia and nothing at all to do with Vodafone. For some reason Google translate Telia to Vodafone in their Swedish to English translation...I wonder how much Vodafone paid for that
Submission + - Problems Collecting Pirate Bay Funds To Pay Fine
digithed writes: The Svenska Dagbladet newspaper in Sweden has an article (which I have summarised since I speak Swedish) reporting that the Swedish national debt collection agency (Kronofogdemyndigheten, or the Bailiffs in UK English) are saying that, after initial investigations, the record labels' chances of getting any of the 30 million kronor ($4 million) they were awarded in the Pirate Bay trial is slim to none.
Three of the accused (Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg) have virtually no funds whatsoever. Peter Sunde has shares in his own publicly traded company which in theory could be confiscated, but the company is doing so badly at the moment that the chances of raising any funds this way is small. The fourth accused (Carl Lundström) is the only one of the four with any substantial funds (mostly due to his family inheritance of the Wasa bread empire). But, it turns out that, he is actually registered for tax purposes in Switzerland where his bank account is also located. This means these funds are off-limits to the Swedish debt collection agency. He does own property in Sweden but this is only worth approximately 1.7 million kronor ($230,000) according to the Swedish tax agency (Skatteverket or Inland Revenue) with whom Lundström is still involved in a long term disagreement on exactly how much wealth tax he is required to pay. It is also suspected that the property that he owns in Sweden has an outstanding mortgage financed outside of Sweden, making it even more difficult to confiscate the property which is effectively owned by a foreign financial institution.
Submission + - IPRED law in Sweden - Watching the watchers
digithed writes: In response to Sweden's recent introduction of new laws implementating the European IPRED directive a new Swedish website has been launched allowing users to check if their IP address is currently under investigation. The site also allows users to subscribe for email updates telling them if their IP address comes under investigation in the future, or to report IP addresses known to be under investigation. The site can be found at: http://ipred.bitchware.se/
This is an interesting use of people power "watching the watchers". The new Swedish laws implementing the IPRED directive require a public request to the courts in order to get ISPs to forcibly disclose potentially sensitive private information, and since all court records are public in Sweden (as are all government records) it will be easy to compile a list of IP addresses which are currently being investigated.
This is an interesting use of people power "watching the watchers". The new Swedish laws implementing the IPRED directive require a public request to the courts in order to get ISPs to forcibly disclose potentially sensitive private information, and since all court records are public in Sweden (as are all government records) it will be easy to compile a list of IP addresses which are currently being investigated.
