About our History
More than 155 years of accumulated experience within telecommunications, coupled with a pioneering spirit and a quest for knowledge and development – are what have brought Telenor to where it is today. Telenor Group has mobile operations in 11 markets around the world and in additionally 20 markets through our 31,67 per cent ownership in VimpelCom Ltd. Go ahead and explore our history – in text, film and pictures.
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2011
Telenor Group sets up Internet services company ComoYo to develop and aggregate third party services
To the right, head of Telenor Open Mind Ingrid Ihme, with Telenor Executive Vice President and President of the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO) Kristin Skogen Lund, Labour Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm and Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg. Photo: Halvard Lundgaard
Photo: Halvard Lundgaard
dtac launches 3G in Thailand.
Telenor Group passed 100 million subscribers in Asia
The information boats serve as information hubs for the people residing in rural communities, providing them with the opportunity to learn, share and communicate with the world
- Telenor Group is one of the top performers on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for the 10th year running
- Telenor Serbia’s project to help Roma families to use technology is named one of the world’s best CR initiatives. 12000 people have been registered and 8000 children have received vaccinations.
- Telenor Group’s partnership with Unicef “Education against Child Labour” reaches 4000 children a year in Bangladesh, ensuring schooling, practical skills training and safe jobs.
- Telenor celebrates 10 years in Thailand
- Norway's largest work training programme - Telenor Open Mind – has celebrated 15 years of successfully motivating physically handicapped job seekers and help them get ready to take part in working life.
- Telenor Svalbard celebrates 100 years in the Arctic and launches the northernmost 4G network
- DiGi celebrates 15 years in operation with more than 1800 DiGizens dominoing their way into the Malaysian book of records
- Dtac kicks off biggest ever network renewal project to secure capacity for growing data market and launches 3G
- Grameenphone upgrades network to provide the best in Bangladesh including 3G readiness
- Telenor Norway runs major network swap replacing equipment at 6500 locations and wins InfoWorld Green Award for clever handling of 1500 tons of used network equipment
- Telenor Group sets up Internet services company ComoYo to develop and aggregate third party services
- Telenor Group passed 100 million subscribers in Asia
- Grameenphone wins award for Information Boat and is recognized for best practice in e-content in South Asia.
- Telenor Montenegro introduces first all IP network in Central and Eastern Europe
- Uninor is the first operator in India and the Telenor Group to be certified for three critical international HSSE standards by British Standards Institute
- Telenor Pakistan launches HumQadam programme freeing employees to spend 20 hours a year on community service
2010
Nissan chooses Telenor Connexion as supplier of connectivity services for their telematics services of the new Nissan LEAF electrical vehicle. Telenor Connexion enables Nissan LEAF owners to check battery status and range with mobile phone or PC.
Uninor completes roll-out to cover 13 circles and 900 million people in India
Telenor Pakistan extends Easypaisa offer with Mobile Account and Money Transfer
WiMP is a music service accessible through Internet giving the user full, legal access to millions of songs via their PC or mobile phone
Dragan Djilas, mayor of Belgrade, and Kjell-Morten Johnsen, CEO of Telenor Serbia, in an Internet park in Belgrade
Telenor Montenegro launched an environmentally-friendly initiative by using solar and wind energy to power one of its repeater sites
- Telenor Sweden launches 4G
- Nissan chooses Telenor Connexion as supplier of connectivity services for their telematics services of the new Nissan LEAF electrical vehicle. The Nissan LEAF telematics system wins GSMA award for Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive and Transport.
- Telenor Pakistan launches Mobile Account for easy money transfer and utility bill payment and wins Mobile Money Award for Easypaisa
- Telenor Hungary and Montenegro copy Serbia’s success with easy affordable KLIK Internet service
- Grameenphone’s new headquarters is the first true environment friendly building in Bangladesh, saving 30 per cent energy consumption in the first year
- Uninor completes roll-out to cover 13 circles and 900 million people in India via network with 100 per cent tower sharing
- Telenor is commended 10 good years on the Oslo Stock Exchange
- Telenor is again listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
- VimpelCom Ltd. is established with headquarter in Amsterdam and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange
- Telenor Connexion leads Roaming, Fraud, and Security workstream for GSM Association M2M Initiative
- Telenor Maritime Communication Partner adds five new cruise and ferry companies in 2010. MCP has now more than 100 passenger ships in operation
- Aeromobile adds Virgin Atlantic, Cathy Pacific and Air New Zealand to in-flight mobile fleet in 2010 with 3 million users to date
- Local renewable energy supply in use in Montenegro, Serbia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand and Hungary
- Telenor launches broadband digital film streaming Voddler in Denmark and Sweden
- Telenor launches music streaming service Wimp in Denmark and Norway
- Telenor Serbia continues Internet park roll out now totalling 23 parks
- Telenor Pakistan extends Easypaisa offer with Mobile Account and Money Transfer and opens social services portal
- Pannon and Promonte is rebranded to Telenor Hungary and Telenor Montenegro