Case studies and news: Products
(6 March, 2008) DTAC has teamed up with community radio Ruam Duay Chuay Kan to provide an emergency hotline service to the public |
(13 February, 2008) CellBazaar, an innovative market-access service from Grameenphone, has won the 3GSMA Global Mobile Award 2008. |
(12 February, 2008) On 11 February, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Telenor needs to join ranks to prevent the spreading of child sexual abuse content through mobile phones. |
(26 November, 2007) Grameenphone's BillPay service, which began in December 2006, has crossed a major milestone in just 11 months, having facilitated payment of 100,000 bills through the service. |
(12 October, 2007) Grameenphone’s medical advice and consultation service, HealthLine has increased its capacity and become easier to use. |
(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. |
Grameenphone provides easier Internet access (6 August, 2007) Grameenphone extends Internet connectivity by offering web browser on the mobile. |
(11 June, 2007) At an arrangement for mobile content suppliers in Monaco last week, Telenor Norway won the Meffy Award as best operator for adapting mobile content to its customers. |
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19 December 2006, Grameenphone (GP) and Bangladesh Power Department Board (PDB) jointly launched a unique service for the first time in Bangladesh called "BillPay". |
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. |
(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. |
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. |
Awareness raising campaigns on safer mobile use in Denmark The Telecommunication Industries Association in Denmark (TI) distributed 200.000 leaflets on the proper use of mobile phones to all students in the 5th grade through their schools. |
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, 17 May 2005) Tuesday, 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. |
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. |
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. |