SWEDEN

• Unofficial English translation of "Regulations (PTSFS 2005:8) on amendments in the National Post and Telecom Agency's Regulations on Exemptions from the Licence Obligation for Certain Radio Transmitters (PTSFS 2004:8)" - effective from 1 January 2006, this is the consolidated regulation for license exempt radio services and devices in Sweden, encompassing mobile phone handsets, cordless phones, avalanche rescue beacons, collision-avoidance radars, near-field inductive communications, medical inplants, road telemetry, RFID, maritime and amateur radio equipment, radio control and alarm systems, VSAT terminals, PMR 446 "walkie-talkies", spread spectrum and other short-range devices. Here is the original text in Swedish.
• "Sweden Extends Its Wi-Fi Lead" by Glenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Networking News, 16 November 2004.
• "Wireless pioneers: They live in remote Arctic territories, but are among the most connected in Europe," by Sean Dodson, The Guardian, 16 January 2003.
• "Svenska Clue bygger flera tusen surfzoner," by Lars Anders Karlberg, Ny Teknik, 8 March 2007. English language summary published as "Stockholm based Clue launches 2,500 wireless hotspots," Stockholm Business Region, 8 March 2007: "Stockholm based internet firm Clue, and the Norwegian Reitan Group, are to launch 2,500 new wireless hotspots in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Latvia..."
• "Glocalnet, Proxim launch Sweden's 'first' outdoor wireless network," by Pallavi B, DM Europe, 16 May 2007: "Glocalnet, a subsidiary of Norway's Telenor, has selected and deployed Proxim's AP-4000MR access points. The deployment will help the company to launch Sweden's first outdoor internet access network to the country's twenty-five largest towns by June 2007. The new service, Glocalzone, is free of charge for its 500,000 customers, while for non-subscribers prices will range from SEK19 ($2.60) per hour to SEK99 for a full month. Glocalzone involves the deployment of 500 Proxim AP-4000MR access points across Sweden's cities including Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo..."
• "Swedish Bus Service Offers In-Coach Wi-Fi Coverage," Cellular News, 2 July 2008: "Sweden's Swebus Express - the dominant long-distance express bus service - has launched a Wi-Fi service in eighty of its coaches, powered by Moovera Networks. The mobile Wi-Fi hotspot deployment, which is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, will include routes with stops throughout southern and central Sweden as well as neighboring Norway and Denmark..."
• Roadmap: Wireless Systems 2005 to 2010 by Bo Karlson, Östen Mäkitalo, Mats Nilson and Jens Zander, KTH Wireless Research Centre, 10 June 2005: a 35-page technology forecast that predicts gradual increases in competition between wireless access networks without a radical shift in current trends. Says little about unlicensed bands but emphasizes "technology neutrality" as the important trend in radio regulation.
• "Favours free frequencies," by Gittan Cedervall, Invest in Sweden Agency, 22 August 2003, in English: "According to Swedish experts, the use of license-free frequencies can be advantageous for future mobile phone generations..."
• "WOS4/Berlin: Öppna spektrum," the copyriot blog, 15 September 2006 - extensive notes (in Swedish) from the "Open Spectrum" panel at the 4th Wizards of OS conference in Berlin, Germany.
• "Open Spectrum: Update-Rapport" by Martin Ahlgren (August 2003, 10 pages) in Swedish.
• "Open Communication" by Björn Pehrson, presented at the ASEM Conference on Globalisation and ICT (10-12 March 2003).
• Project homepage: Dynamic Spectrum Access, Wireless@KTH.
• Presentations by Jens Zander, Paul Kolodzy, Börje Asp, Urban Landmark, Niklas Kviselius and Bertil Thorngren at a Workshop on "Dynamic Spectrum Access," Stockholm, 3 May 2004.
• "Feasibility of large scale systems in unlicensed spectrum: An economic approach" by Olav Queseth, KTH (2003).
• "On the Performance of Unlicensed Data Access Systems" by Olav Queseth, KTH (2001).

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