Initiatives Worldwide: Norway
Telenor renews partnership agreement (7 May 2008) Telenor renewed its partnership agreement with the Nobel Peace Center for a further three years with effect from 1 July 2008. |
Telenor PCs to schools in developing countries (21 February 2008) A new agreement with the Norwegian humanitarian organisation FAIR ensures that Telenor replaced PCs will be put to good use in schools in developing countries. |
Telenor joins partnership to combat climate change (3 January, 2008) Telenor and 12 other major international companies based in Norway join forces to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
Telenor takes energy responsibility seriously (17 October, 2007) Telenor is now implementing a new system to monitor its own energy consumption. This system, together with building related energy efficiency measures, will save a total of 15 million kWh in Norway. |
Telenor Open Mind profiled in new book (22 August, 2007) A book presenting the stories of functionally disabled people from their working lives also contains a portrait of Telenor Open Mind, under the suggestive title of “No arms, No cake”. |
(5 June, 2007) Telenor’s SMS campaign aims to finance extensive tree-planting through the Green Belt Movement, and simultaneously a recycling campaign will be launched whereby used mobile handsets will pay for tree-planting. |
Telenor supports research school (8 May, 2007) The Simula School of Research and Innovation was founded 8 May. The aim is to educate masters and doctorate candidates at Simula Lab in cooperation with the University of Oslo (UiO). |
(29 March, 2007) Telenor is a co-organizer to the Oslo Conference on Partnerships for Sustainable Development, which features Al Gore and Muhammad Yunus. |
European Framework on Safer Mobile Use On 7 February 2007 sixteen signatories, among them Telenor, have signed the EU-wide Framework, which puts forward recommendations to ensure that younger teenagers and children can safely access content on their mobile phones. |
Telenor’s cooperation with SAFT Telenor has developed a partnership with SAFT (Safety, Awareness, Facts and Tools), a European project working to increase awareness on the safe use of online technologies and mobile phones for children and teenagers. |
Company initiatives and industry self-regulation Telenor in Norway – alongside with the other mobile network provider – is party to an agreement in which all content providers with operations in Norway participate. |
Telenor in Red Cross partnership Telenor has entered into a partnership with the Red Cross with the aim of enhancing the organisation’s capacity for carrying out humanitarian work. The partnership will run until 2009, and encompasses the Red Cross Telephone for Children and Youth. |
Illegal content – blocking access to child sexual abuse images In July 2005 Telenor was the first mobile operator to introduce a filter for mobile phones limiting access to websites containing images depicting sexual assaults on children. |
(Stockholm, May 2005) Telenor and the Swedish National Criminal Investigation Department introduced a child pornography filter for the Internet. |
Telenor’s Jubilee Project in Norway In 2005, as part of the celebrations of its 150th anniversary, Telenor made a donation to the Norwegian school system. Raising awareness on issues related to Internet safety was a key focus area. |
Telenor donates SMS- surplus to the Red Cross "Light a candle for the children in Beslan" sounded a request distributed per SMS on Sunday. Yesterday, Telenor decided to donate the surplus from the increased SMS traffic to the Red Cross. |
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Telenor in Nobel Peace Centre partnership Telenor has entered into a partnership agreement with the Nobel Peace Centre. During a four-year period, Telenor will contribute a total of NOK 14 million to the Nobel Peace Centre. |
Leading supplier of Internet safety to children and families (Fornebu, October 14, 2003) Telenor is taking steps on behalf of its customers to prevent the pollution of the Internet, our most important channel of communication. This autumn, Telenor positions itself as a leading supplier of IT safety to children and their families, as well as to the business market. |
Telenor aggressive in fight against spam Telenor estimates that some 30-40 per cent of the total amount of e-mails received by our customers is spam. If this trend continues, Telenor fears for the usefulness of the entire e-mail system. |
Telenor Open Mind – a training programme for people with physical disabilities Telenor Open Mind helps people with physical disabilities move into the regular labour market. |
Partnership with Save the Children Norway (Oslo, June 2005) Save the Children is an experienced and obvious partner for Telenor in the work to promote safe use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) among young people. |
In 2002, Telenor adopted a senior policy to look after its senior employees in Norway. This policy will focus on finding good solutions for the safeguarding of the interests of such employees and at the same time accommodating the needs of the employer. |