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Televerket was the name of the Swedish and Norwegian government agencies
for telecommunications.
Swedish Televerket 1 July 1993, the Swedish Televerket was in accordance
with the Swedish parliament, Riksdagen's, decision made into a corporation,
Telia AB, thus making Sweden the first European country to deregulate its
telecom market. However, it shall be noted that Telia maintained their
monopoly on the Swedish telecom market for many years to come. The name
Televerket is nowadays used, by supporters of the deregulated system, in a
degrading way when referring to Telia. Worth of notice is that old
telephone poles and such are still marked with the Televerket logo. Telia
has since merged with the Finnish Sonera, and is now known as TeliaSonera.
Norwegian Televerket In 1994, the Norwegian Televerket was turned into a
state owned joint stock company. It changed its name to Telenor the
following year. In 1998 the telecom market
