Initiatives Worldwide: Partnership
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. |
(10 October, 2007) DiGi and Citibank have activated DiGiREMIT to facilitate secure transfer of money from Malaysia to Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines via SMS. |
(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 foundation and Petnica (5 June, 2007) Telenor foundation has established strategic partnership with The Petnica Science Centre, one of the leading scientific centres for young people in South East Europe. Long-term cooperation between Foundation and Petnica announced. |
(1 June, 2007) Leading Hungarian companies commit to emission reduction on CSR day |
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). |
Telenor Pakistan connects the unconnected (Islamabad, 9 May, 2007) Telenor Pakistan has launched a unique community project, apnaPCO, which aims at bringing access to the most disadvantaged rural communities in the country. |
Grameenphone valuable contributor to ICT conference (7 March, 2007) Grameenphone has recently participated in and sponsored the International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT) 2007. |
Grameenphone uses SMS alerts to remind people of polio vaccination (4 March, 2007) In a partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), Grameenhphone has used its SMS service to remind its subscribers to vaccinate children for polio. |
( Pakistan, June, 2006) Telenor Pakistan launched Telecom Futures in collaboration with Nokia, Siemens, and TEVTA (Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority). |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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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. |