Telenor completes 5G vendor selection for Norway
Telenor has completed its vendor selection process for the future network in Norway. Ericsson will modernise and build the Telenor’s 5G radio access network (RAN).
Telenor launches Scandinavia’s largest 5G pilot in Norway
Telenor opened Scandinavia’s largest 5G pilot in the Norwegian municipality of Elverum, making Telenor Norway the country’s first operator to integrate 5G into its mobile network.
Trondheim to become Norway’s biggest 5G city
Telenor announces that Trondheim will become the first major city in Norway to receive 5G.
Telenor, NHH and NTNU to establish a new knowledge powerhouse to fuel growth and develop new industries
Some of Norway’s key knowledge institutions join forces to contribute to the country’s digital success: NHH, NTNU and Telenor are establishing an open collaboration arena for digital transformation and innovation.
Telenor to launch first 5G pilot in Western Norway
Telenor announced that a new 5G pilot will be built at Flokeneset in the municipality of Askvoll. This is the first 5G pilot in Western Norway.
Three Telenor leaders recognised among Norway’s 50 leading women in tech
On the International Women’s Day, the NHO association Abelia and the women’s network ODA, announced Norway’s 50 foremost women in technology Among the 50 recognised women in technology were three Telenor leaders: Telenor Norway’s Ingeborg Øfsthus, Chief Technology Officer; Camilla Amundsen, Head of Fixed and TV and Astrid Undheim, Telenor Research VP in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
Telenor Norway names Elverum as 5G test location with Ericsson
Telenor Norway announced Elverum as the first location for its 5G pilot with Ericsson.
Telenor Group launches the first 5G pilot in Scandinavia
Telenor Group launched the very first 5G pilot in Scandinavia. The pilot will serve as a testbed for the superfast fifth generation mobile network in Norway.
Telenor launches nationwide IoT network over 4G
Telenor Norway opens its 4G network for Internet of Things (IoT) communication. IoT over 4G enables sensors and other “things” to communicate via Telenor’s existing 4G network. This makes Telenor’s network the only one to provide full nationwide coverage for IoT communication.
Ookla: ‘Telenor has the fastest mobile network in the world’
Telenor Norway has the fastest mobile network in the world, according to Ookla, which analyses the speeds from tests conducted by mobile customers.
IoT pilot launches
Telenor Group today unveils a new experimental Internet of Things (IoT) offering, Telenor Start IoT, in Norway. Available free of charge to Norwegian entrepreneurs and students, the multi-city pilot initiative will support entrepreneurship, boost innovation and new national competence building.
Telenor-NTNU AI-Lab opens!
Norway’s new powerhouse for artificial intelligence (AI) opens in Trondheim today. The new centre, Telenor-NTNU AI-Lab, will strengthen national competitiveness and add valuable, future-proof competencies to the Norwegian society.
Telenor marks 160 years
Telenor marks its 160th year of operations and continuous change, continuing to help people get the full benefit of being connected
The mobile payment solution, Valyou, is launched in Norway
TravelSure is launched in the Nordic countries
Menas that Nordic customers will get more simplicity, cost control and flexibility when using their mobile abroad
Celebrates 10 years at Fornebu
Telenor celebrates 10 years at Fornebu, a headquarters built around the interplay between people, technology and the working environment
Launches first 4G networks in Norway
Telenor is launching its fourth-generation mobile network (4G) in 11 cities and towns in Norway
Introduces 4G phones in Norway
Telenor is the first telecoms operator in Norway to make it possible to use mobile phones on the 4G network
Telenor Norway runs network swap
Replacing equipment at 6500 locations and wins InfoWorld Green Award for clever handling 1500 tons of used network equipment
Celebrates 100 years with operations in the Arctic
Telenor Svalbard celebrates 100 years in the Arctic and launches the northernmost 4G network
Telenor Open Mind celebrates its first 15 years
Norway’s largest work training programme for the disabled, has celebrated 15 successful years.
Launches music streaming service Wimp in Denmark and Norway
The digital terrestrial network opens in Norway
Telenor Norway is granted a licence in the 2.6 GHz band for 4G
Telenor celebrates 150 years
3G UMTS service is launched in Norway and Sweden
Fibre optic cable connects Svalbard with the mainland, Norway.
The new Telenor Group headquarters opens at Fornebu, Norway
The first trial of UMTS (3G) takes place in Norway
Merger process between Telenor and Telia stopped
The Norwegian and Swedish states intervene; the merger process closing after 12 months
The end of tele monopoly in Norway
The Norwegian telecommunications market opens up to full competition
Telenor launches the first of its IP telephony products in Norway
Fully digitalized network in Norway
The Norwegian telecommunications network is fully digitalised as one of the first in the world
Builds a new, high capacity infrastructure for the Internet in Norway
Televerket (Norwegian Telecommunications) changes its name to Telenor
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Telenor enters Hungary
Joint venture with Danish Telecom
Norwegian Telecom (Televerket) becomes a public corporation
ISDN (broadband) introduced in Norway
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer – Telenor a major partner
International media dubbed the event the ‘mobile phone Olympics’ due to the fact that 25,000 handsets were in operation.
Launches GSM-system – setting a new international standard (2G)
Telenor leads in establishing GSM (2G) – the SMS service was a part of this platform
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum THOR I is purchased and moved to the 1ºWest position
Tormod Hermansen becomes Managing Director
Tormod Hermansen appointed as Managing Director of the Norwegian Telecom, title changed to President and CEO, and holds the position from 1992 to 2002.
Fibre optic cable connects Norway and Denmark
End of monopoly of sale of telephone sets in Norway
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum The last manual telephone exchange is shut down in Balsfjord, Norway
Automation of the Norwegian telecommunications network is completed
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Early on with satellite-based TV transmission
Norwegian Telecom (Televerket) starts its field trials for television transmissions to Svalbard sent via satellite
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum The telefax is introduced in Norway
NMT (1G) is launched in Norway
Nordic Mobile Technology (NMT), first generation mobile services (1G), is launched by Telenor in Norway – subsequently a byproduct of a Scandinavian project headed by Telenor
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Kjell Holler appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telecom
Holler holds the position as General Director from 1980 to 1991.
94,000 names in Norway are on the waiting list for a phone subscription
Audio: Nicking
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
First satellite connect to oil installations & shipping fleets
Officially opens up satellite connection from the mainland to oil installations in the North Sea and to shipping fleets abroad.
Audio: People and Machines
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
Takes over the last private telephone company in Norway
Andebu Telephone Association, is taken over by Norwegian Telecom (Televerket)
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Norway one of the last countries in Europe to launch colour TV
Partners to establish international standards for the mobile networks
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Nordic telcoes creates the NMT standard (1G)
Cooperation between the Nordic countries to create a common standard resulting in Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT)
From Telegrafverket to Televerket
The Norwegian Telegraph Administration (Telegrafverket) changes its name to Norwegian Telecommunications (Televerket)
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Per Øvregard appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Øvregard holds the position as General Director from 1968 to 1980.
Audio: A Cuckoo Chick Arrives at the Exchange
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum First manual mobile telephone is launched in Norway
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Direct international distance dialling from Norway is enabled
Satellite telephone connection between Norway and USA opens
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Leif Larsen appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Larsen holds the position as General Director from 1962 to 1968.
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Norwegian Television (NRK TV) opens for television broadcasts
Celebrates our 100th anniversary
Celebrates our 100th anniversary – one of the oldest telecom companies in the world
Andreas Hadland appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Hadland was appointed by the Germans occupants during the Second World War, and held the position as General Director from 1941 to 1945.
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Andreas Haarberg appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Haarberg holds the position as General Director from 1938 to 1941.
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Magne Hermod Petersen appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Petersen holds the position as General Director from 1925 to 1938.
“Miss Clock” introduced in Norway
The ‘speaking’ clock, known to all as “Miss Clock”, is introduced as a new and popular telephone service
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum First red telephone booths appear in Norway
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Tore Olaus Engset appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Engset holds the position as General Director from 1930 to 1935.
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Telephone connection opens between Norway and USA
The telephone connection between Norway and USA opens
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum The first radio broadcast is transmitted in Norway
The first radio broadcast is transmitted in Norway
Audio: “the patient sex”
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Niels Stockfleth Schultz Nickelsen General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Stockfleth Schultz Nickelsen holds the position as General Director from 1922 to 1929.
Opens the first automatic telephone exchange in Northern Europe
The Norwegian city of Skien, opens an automatic telephone exchange
Second in the world to open radio waves connections between islands
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Thomas Thomassen Heftye appointed General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Thomassen Heftye holds the position as General Director from 1905 to 1921.
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Norwegian state obtains exclusive rights to run telephone services
The Telegraph Act is passed, giving the Norwegian state exclusive rights to run telephone services in Norway
Audio: Telephone Chats in the Milkshop
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Norway is one of the countries in the world with the highest density of telephones per habitant
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum First international telephone line introduced
The first international Norwegian telephone line connects Christiania (Oslo), Norway with Stockholm, Sweden
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum Jonas Severin Rasmussen appointed as General Director of the Norwegian Telegraph
Rasmussen holds the position as General Director from 1892 to 1905.
Audio: The Music Phone
Script: Nina Bratland, Norwegian Telecom Museum
Norway’s first official telephone exchange opens
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum First telephone cables between Norwegian cities
The Norwegian cities of Arendal and Tvedestrand are connected via telephone cables
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum The first public demonstration of the Bell telephone in Norway
One year after Bell introduced the phone for the first time
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum The telegraph cable connection between Norway and Great Britain opens
Photo courtesy: Norwegian Telecom Museum First international telegraph cable connection opened between Norway and Denmark
First Norwegian telegraph line opened by the Norwegian Telegraph Administration
Connects Christiania (Oslo) and the city of Drammen
