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 third quarter 2009 this reached 172 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
About our History
More than 150 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 operations in 13 markets around the world and is still expanding. Go ahead and explore our history – in text, film and pictures.
The THOR 6 communications satellite is launched from Guiana Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on October 29. The geo-stationary satellite will serve more than 15 million TV households in the Nordic region and Central and Eastern Europe.
Inauguration of Pannon’s new headquarters in Budapest, Hungary with Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess present. The office building has energy-efficient solutions such as geothermic pumps and solar cell installations, making it the greenest office building of the Telenor Group to date.
Grameenphone launches Bangladesh’ largest initial public offering (IPO), allowing people to buy shares. Approximately 69.5 million shares will be issued to the public.
Stronger branding in the Nordic Region as Danish mobile operator Sonofon and broadband provider Cybercity change name to Telenor.
dtac starts building 3G networks in Thailand.