Nokia confirms it’s replacing the ‘incumbent vendor’ in Swedish 5G deal
Nokia has announced that it will provide the equipment for some – it’s statement implies quite a lot – of Net4Mobility’s 5G rollout in Sweden. The Finnish vendor said it has brokered a five-year deal...
View ArticleNokia bags 5G RAN deal in Denmark
Nokia will be the sole supplier of 5G radio equipment for the Danish network joint venture between Telia and Telenor, which recently picked up new spectrum to enable it to forge ahead with 5G rollout....
View ArticleTelenor and Axiata finally ink Malaysia merger
After months of negotiations, Telenor and Axiata have put pen to paper on their plan to merge their respective Malaysian operations Digi and Celcom. The combined company – called MergeCo – will go to...
View ArticleMyanmar telcos reportedly pressured to install spyware
The failed state of Myanmar, which is currently run by a military junta, is apparently preventing telecoms execs from leaving the country until they install wire taps. The news comes courtesy of...
View ArticleTelenor sells Myanmar business for a song
Telenor has sold its operations in Myanmar for less than a quarter of the licence fee it paid to enter the market seven and a half years ago. The Norwegian firm has agreed to hand the business over to...
View ArticleTelenor Montenegro buy is just the start for 4iG
PPF Group is selling Telenor Montenegro just three years after it acquired the business as part of a drive to become a medium-sized European telecoms operator group. The Czech investment group is...
View ArticleTelenor cuddles up to Google Cloud
Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has decided Google is its new best buddy for all things digital transformation. In the spirit of their new ‘strategic partnership’ both companies published the same...
View ArticleNorway to get more competitive as Ice steps up
Norway’s smallest mobile operator has launched 5G services and unveiled a new business plan designed to accelerate growth in the coming years. Alongside its third-quarter results presentation, Ice...
View ArticleTelenor tries True Thai tie-up
Telenor has struck a so-called merger of equals in Thailand between its DTAC arm and rival mobile operator TrueMove. The deal is structured as a share-swap with a ratio of 10.22 True shares for every...
View ArticleTelenor flogs $330 million worth of fibre assets
Telenor has inked a deal to sell off a raft of fibre infrastructure assets in Sweden to GlobalConnect. Under the terms of the 3 billion kronor (US$330 million) deal, Telenor Sweden will hand over...
View ArticleTelenor Myanmar to hike prices following regressive tax
Myanmar’s authoritarian regime has taken steps to wind the clock back to a time when mobile services were barely affordable. Telenor Myanmar warned customers over the weekend to expect increases in the...
View ArticleTelenor dives further into the public cloud with new AWS deal
Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has signed a new public cloud deal with AWS to help it expand its 5G and edge computing offering. The deal is presented as both a move to ‘accelerate modernisation of...
View ArticleTelenor gets approval for Myanmar exit
Norwegian incumbent Telenor has overcome the last big hurdle to the sale of its Myanmar operation. The Myanmar Investment Commission late last week approved a plan that – as stipulated by the junta –...
View ArticleATOM to spend big on Myanmar 5G launch
ATOM, the operator formerly known as Telenor, has unveiled plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Myanmar in the coming years, one of its goals being to launch the market’s first 5G...
View ArticleTelenor says edge providers should be happy adoption isn’t happening any faster
Terje Jensen, SVP of Network Architecture at Norwegian operator Telenor said of the speed of edge infrastructure adoption: “I think we kind of have to be happy that it’s probably not moving as fast as...
View ArticleTelia moves to majority renewable energy in Denmark and Estonia
Swedish operator group Telia has entered into a couple of ‘Power Purchase Agreements’, which constitutes increasing the amount of wind and solar energy that powers its Nordic and Baltic footprint....
View ArticleTelenor and Axiata get Malaysia merger green light but with conditions
Telenor and Axiata Group have received regulatory approval for their proposed merger in Malaysia, which they now expect to complete in the second half of this year. It is almost a year to the day since...
View ArticleTelenor sells a third of its $3.4 billion fibre business
Telenor has spun out its multi-billion-dollar passive fibre infrastructure business and inked a deal to sell a 30% stake to an investment consortium including KKR. The investment group, which also...
View ArticleTelenor sets lofty targets for reorganised Asian ops
Norwegian telco group Telenor has reorganised its presence in Asia as part of an ambitious growth strategy for the region. During last month’s capital markets day, Telenor said its operations in...
View ArticleThai telco merger in question as offer deadline missed
Telenor and CP Group are sticking to their plan to merge their Thai telecoms businesses, despite having missed a key deadline in the amalgamation process that throws the entire deal into question....
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