Telenor stories

Meet the Mentors

From guiding youth tackling global health challenges to encouraging young women to choose tech, these Telenor leaders and experts are more than happy to share their knowledge and experience.

Norway begins important conversations on ethical Artificial Intelligence

This past week was an important one in the conversation about Artificial Intelligence and its potential future impact on the workforce and related ethical considerations in Norway.

5G: What’s Next?

5G has been the hot topic in our industry this year, as we saw at Mobile World Congress and in subsequent events. As expectations of this new technology soar, here’s what our experts say about where 5G will go in the quarters ahead.

The everyday life of an architect in Telenor

Both Hanna Landgren (29) and Katrina Sponheim (34) had just barely graduated when joining Telenor’s campus at Fornebu. Fresh from school they both took on positions as IT developers in the tech sphere.

IoT Protolab in Trondheim marks a year of innovation, spotlights up and coming IoT device makers

Last year, IoT ProtoLab in Trondheim, Norway opened to entrepreneurs, scientists and students on a mission to develop new Internet of Things services and products. Launched by Telenor Group and Wireless Trondheim, it turns a year old this month, and already is churning out a wide array of innovative new products and services.

IoT makes sure it’s never too cold – or warm – for ice cream

Gelato may be the last thing on our minds in much of the northern hemisphere at this time of year, but it’s always ice cream season somewhere. That’s where Telenor Connexion’s IoT Cloud solutions come in. With Connexion’s IoT services, Isa, a leading manufacturer of refrigerated cabinets for ice cream and pastry new cabinets, can keep its business customers’ gelato cases connected… and our ice cream perfectly cold.

Telenor hosts first Narrow Band-IoT Hackathon in Norway

On 2-4 November, 2018, Telenor Group’s Start IoT programme hosted the very first Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IoT) hackathon in Norway. A total of 35 students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) spent the weekend working on solutions for monitoring indoor and outdoor air quality.

Being counted: among the things that matter most

Ask any Telenor employee what they’re most proud of, and chances are they’ll say this: that we’re helping empower societies. Or that we’re reducing inequalities.

Stressed? Always logged on? Mobile overload? Actually no, say women around the world

To best connect people, we have to connect with people. We do this to understand what matters most to them and how what we provide – mobile connectivity – affects their lives. Here’s what we found when we talked to more than 1000 women in Scandinavia and Southeast Asia about exactly this.

Team WowPlay wins Ignite #3

The results are ready – out of 186 ideas, 7 teams were selected from the Ignite incubator programme and after evaluating the pitches, the jury has selected the winner: WowPlay!