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iPhone users are contagious

iPhone or Android? If your friends are using both, the chances are higher that you would end up with an iPhone, Telenor research shows.

Meet our customers

Learn more about how Telenor customers use their mobile phones, and how communication technology helps them in their everyday lives.

How the Global Backend is changing our business

Comoyo CTO Torgeir Hovden shares the ins and outs of the Global Backend and how it makes Telenor more attractive to partners.

Telenor Hungary against corruption

In relation to the World Anti-Corruption Day on 7 December, Telenor Hungary runs a number of activities to highlight the importance of fighting corruption, in co-operation with Transparency International.

Smarter ICT solutions can help prevent global warming, according to new report

Telenor takes part in new ICT industry report, SMARTer 2020, providing analysis of how communications technology can help reduce carbon emissions and prevent climate change.

Movie lovers flock to Comoyo Filter

Comoyo Filter is a blog for people who love movies. It’s established itself as a reliable source of movie news and reviews, due to its honest opinions and ability to venture outside of the mainstream.

DiGi to offer Opera Mini data packages

Telenor’s Malaysian operator, DiGi, recently announced its cooperation with Opera Software to launch a new Internet “click-to-go” service for customers.

Smart equipment will change cellular industry

In our digitalized world, we are surrounded with millions of devices that require access to Internet. The need is growing, while frequencies are limited. “Thinking base stations” might be the solution.

The new face of Digital Services

Rolv-Erik Spilling is now at the helm of Telenor Digital Services, charged with the task of beating Netflix in the Nordics, spreading the global backend and eventually making Digital Services a major source of revenue in the Telenor Group.

Significant growth opportunities in India

Telenor Group recently secured spectrum to operate mobile networks in six telecom circles in India. These circles cover 7 states and are home to more than 600 million people. This is India’s future growth engine.

Children go for smartphones

The rules say that you can play World of Warcraft at the age of 12, open your Facebook account when you turn 13, drive when you turn 18 (well, in most of the countries), but what is the right age for the first mobile phone?

Top 10 in carbon cutting

Telenor Group once again ranks among the top global telecom companies with best carbon disclosure scores, according to the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

Young, talented and hardworking

In the summer, when majority of us slows down and takes a well-deserved vacation, they roll up their sleeves and grab some hands-on experience; summer interns. This year as well, Telenor was strengthened with a few young and motivated people.

Standing up for the women of India

Uninor Head of Corporate Responsibility Madhu Sirohi believes in women’s right to work and prosper, which is why she has dedicated herself to closing the gender gap in phone ownership in her work at Uninor.

Telenor Pakistan crosses 30 Million subscriber mark

Telenor Pakistan announced today that the company’s customer base has surpassed 30 million subscribers.

HTML5 – the future web design

HTML5 is a term known to most people in the IT industry. HTML5 is much hyped due to its potential to enable Telcos to take a stronger position in the mobile value chain. Telenor Group’s Frode Kileng talks about what HTML5 actually is and its implications for Telenor.

Identified: 30 threats and 5 ways to attack smart meters

SINTEF (The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research), in cooperation with Telenor, recently assessed security threats related to smart meters - electrical meters that enable two-way communication between the household and the utility company.

Telenor helps cut cost of lighting Oslo’s streets

Streetlights are expensive for Norwegian municipalities. Now, Telenor’s mobile technology is helping the city of Oslo take control and reduce the cost of lighting by approximately 50 percent.

Smartphones as the most popular medical devices

The use of mobile technology in medical treatment may substantially transform healthcare in the future. Telenor has the expertise and knowledge to take part and develop revolutionary mHealth solutions. These were the main conclusions at Telenor Hungary’s Futurology Symposium earlier this month.

Grameenphone brings Internet to schools

Grameenphone joins the biggest ever education sector project in Bangladesh and brings Internet to secondary and higher level educational institutions across the country.

Keeping kids safe in a digital world

Telenor Montenegro hosts Safe Internet Forum; shares results from its initiative to help protect kids from online harm.

Telenor and Deezer will make you groove

Telenor customers in Thailand and Hungary can send their music CDs and mp3 players to history. Thanks to Telenor’s partnership with Deezer, they now have access to 18 million tracks on their phones, PC's or tablets at any time.

Game on! Mobile browsing gets competitive in i-Gen

Bangladesh’s grand master in mobile Web browsing came to Fornebu yesterday to challenge Kristin Skogen Lund, Opera CEO Lars Boilesen, Telenor employees and local students in a battle of speed and agility on the mobile Web.

Mobile phones are changing the way we live, says World Bank

World Bank mentions Telenor in a new report that looks at how mobile apps are impacting our lives.

Canal Digital DTH and NDS to create future TV-experience

Canal Digital partners up with NDS to create the future TV-experience. NDS will deliver middleware to Canal Digital enabling an immersive, personalized TV entertainment.

Intelligent equipment can add capacity to networks

Smart machines with their own brains and thoughts used to be a classic feature in the movies about future (ie beyond 2000), back in the eighties. Here we are, in 2012, talking about cognitive radio; radio equipment that can observe, make intelligent decisions based on observations, adjust itself and learn.

Good practice example for children’s rights

Telenor is recognized as a good example by UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children when it comes to upholding the Children’s Rights and Business Principles.

Grameenphone gets its license renewed

Grameenphone, Telenor’s largest mobile operation in Asia, gets its operating 2G license renewed by the regulator in Bangladesh.

Telenor takes the mobile Internet to the masses

The Mobile Internet Asia project hit the ground running this spring. Telenor is on its way to bringing the Web to the masses on both feature phones and smartphones.

Car telematics enters the mainstream

In addition to Volvo Cars, Telenor Connexion is now connecting Nissan and Renault cars in Europe, stimulating the role of telematics in the automotive industry.

dtac wins ICT awards 2011

dtac gets credit for its mobile application helping farmers gaining valuable agricultural information and for its recycling programme “Mobile Battery for Life”.

Joining forces to protect children online

Telenor works with the European Commission to help create a safer Internet for children.

Youth are Norway’s new oil

Telenor research duo Wenche Nag and Mona Hovland Jakobsen conducted several workshops with 16-17 year old high school students from Oslo’s Akademiet High School during the fall 2011. This June, they went back to school to present the results and to find out what’s changed.

Mobile phones replace credit cards…science fiction or reality?

Telenor’s test users say they want more mobile payment in the future, according the survey following the NFC trial project in Oslo with DNB.

Pilot project puts students under smartphone surveillance

New Telenor-led research project gives valuable insight into what people do on their smartphones, while simultaneously raising awareness of the data trail that everyone leaves behind.

Telenor leads SMEs towards zero corruption tolerance in Hungary

Telenor teams up with Transparency International Hungary to empower Hungarian small- and medium-sized enterprises tackle corruption.

The connected life is the sustainable life

One hamburger leaves the same carbon footprint as one full year of mobile services. When it comes to living a more carbon-friendly life, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is part of the solution.

International Telecommunication Union impressed by Grameenphone’s Online School

The Online School was showcased on the ITU Deputy Secretary General’s tour to better understand how mobile operators are making a difference in Bangladesh.

Gender equality makes good business sense

Graced by the presence of Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy icon of Myanmar, the 2012 World Economic Forum on East Asia had all eyes on Bangkok Friday 1 June. Telenor Group CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas talked about egalitarianism in international business.

Building out the underwater network

Telenor Norway’s Svend Hopland controls the underwater installation of submarine cables from the comfort of his office chair.

Q&A: Annita Fjuk on designing the customer experience

Telenor Norway has enlisted the help of strategic service designers to help visualize a better customer experience across all channels. Telenor’s Annita Fjuk talks about how strategic service design leads to a new way of thinking.

Telenor Group partners with UiO on innovation

On Wednesday 25 April, Telenor Group signed an agreement with the University in Oslo to establish a joint research and innovation programme that will lasts three years. The initiative is an example of how Telenor Group team up with external partners to do open innovation.

Why nobody really cares about IPv6…yet

Geir Egeland has known since the 1990s that the Internet couldn’t last forever. One day we would need to upgrade to a version called IPv6, and according to Geir, that time is now.

Uninor pride shines through on CNBC programme

Two and a half months after the Indian Supreme Court ordered the company’s licenses cancelled, Uninor employees are striding ahead with undiminished force.

World’s biggest voter SMS service

Telenor Pakistan has introduced the country's first and the world's biggest SMS-based voters' verification system. The service is engaging 85 million voters nationwide.

Uninor is still going strong

This weekend, Sigve Brekke and Uninor were portrayed in an Indian TV program showing that both the leadership and the employees are still highly motivated to continue the fight for its operations in India.

NFC Event in Telenor Expo

Near Field Communication (NFC) was high on the agenda at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. On March 14, Telenor together with GSMA and the Research Council of Norway will be hosting a free NFC event at Fornebu to share industry highlights, experiences and recommendations.

The Future of Mobile Advertising

How is the value chain for mobile advertising evolving? What types of players are currently in this eco system? And what should the marketplace look like to sustain a fruitful mobile advertising channel?

BRICS and innovation: Changing the Rules

Emerging economies like the BRICS countries are challenging the norms of the telecom industry, sharing knowledge, gains and operations with partners. These innovations bring costs down and enable profitability in extremely competitive markets.

Financial Services for Everyone

"The mobile financial services is not about technology, but about building and winning the market," said Telenor Executive Vice President, Kristin Skogen Lund as she addressed a packed auditorium at the Mobile World Congress (MWC).

Network investments in the age of austerity

COO Yogesh Malik in Uninor presented its "ultra-low cost" operation model at World Mobile Congress.

Mobile technology during disasters

Recent crises have demonstrated the increasingly important role mobile technology plays during disasters. Oddvar Hesjedal took part in a session at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, where he highlighted some of the disasters Telenor Group has experienced lately and lessons learnt.

Choosing eHealth for a sustainable future

Telenor Objects will strengthen its focus on eHealth and Assisted Living. Building on the Shepherd platform for M2M services, the eHealth solutions will be delivered in collaboration with local application partners, in Norway and in other Telenor markets.

Our future with M2M

Devices and assets of all shapes and sizes will start to be connected all over the globe. Telenor is ready to take its share of the worldwide M2M (Machine-to-Machine) market growth through Telenor Connexion. Per Simonsen, CEO of Telenor Connexion, talks about the future of M2M.

dtac will launch Wi-Fi

dtac, Telenor Group's mobile operator in Thailand, plans to launch a nationwide Wi-Fi to capture the growth in demand for mobile broadband services in Thailand.

Space proves no barrier

THOR 7 is scheduled to launch towards the end of 2013 from Arianespace Space Centre based in French Guiana. Taking the helm of the THOR 7 satellite programme is Oddveig Tretterud, one of several leading ladies in Telenor's satellite business.

Q&A: International supplier of high quality communications services

Thanks to Telenor Global Services you can get in touch with family, friends and business partners all over the world through high quality international communication services. CEO Bjørn Iversen explains how they work to make our world of communications smaller and which challenges that lay ahead for this Telenor company.

The mobile phone adventure

The mobile phone has a longer history than many might think. 30 years ago, on 10 November 1981, NMT - Nordic Mobile Telephone - the world's first fully automatic mobile phone system, was launched in Oslo. This was the set-off for a remarkable mobile phone adventure.