Our Business - a World of Communications

The Telenor Group is dynamic and flexible in its business approach, always exploring new markets and new technologies to make long-term investments. This is part of the reason why Telenor has grown from a national telephone service company in Norway to become one of the world's largest mobile provider in less than two decades. At the time of its Initial Public Offering in 2000, Telenor had a mobile subscriber base of 15 million. By the end of the second quarter 2010 this reached 184 million. The Telenor Group is now a driving force in the industry, engaging in pioneering research and technology development and other areas that are important to develop the core business of Telenor further.

Core services of Telenor – what we do

These are the main services we provide to consumers and enterprises around the world:

• Voice: Talk on the phone. From fixed-line to mobile or IP telephony, Telenor enables people to talk to each other using fast and reliable networks throughout the world. We provide fixed voice communication services in three Nordic countries and mobile voice in 14 countries across Europe and Asia.
• Data: Internet and broadband. We offer fixed-line data services (e.g. ADSL and fibre-optic communications) in the Nordic countries, and mobile data services (e.g. mobile broadband, GPRS, UMTS) in 14 countries. As of today, 3G-based mobile broadband services have been launched in seven of our operations.
• Content: TV services and mobile content. Telenor offers TV services via cable, digital terrestrial and satellite networks in four Nordic markets. In several markets we also offer mobile content services (e.g. ring tones, music, movies, sports, and mobile TV).
• Other services: We offer a wide range of telecom-related services, and the service portfolio varies from country to country. In several markets we provide Net-centric services like IT security to consumers and enterprises and machine-to-machine (M2M) services for enterprises. We also provide IT consulting, maritime communications and aircraft communications services. Read more about other units of Telenor.

Global presence – where we are

The major part of our business is organised in three regions:

• Asia: Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and India. 
• Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
• Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

For market information and country-specific data, please refer to our global presence section.