e2 Home - a joint venture between Electrolux and Ericsson - has signed a
co-operation agreement with the e-business company within the Telia group.
As a result, the Telia company will be able to offer its customers e2
Home's products. Under the agreement e2 Home will supply Telia with
concepts and solutions for intelligent services within the home. The
parties also plan to launch a number of joint development projects on the
Swedish market.

"We have chosen to co-operate with e2 Home because it is a company at the
leading edge of technology with its development of intelligent services
for the home," says the Telia company's managing director, Karin Moberg.

"We have been particularly impressed by e2 Home's strong emphasis on
security within the home. A number of services that e2 Home offers - for
example, alarm and safety systems - require an extremely high standard of
security from the user's point of...