Telenor

Also known as Televerket, Telenor ASA, Telenor Group

Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, but focused in Scandinavia and Asia. It has extensive broadband and TV distribution operations in four Nordic countries, and a 10-year-old research and business line for machine-to-machine technology. Telenor owns networks in 8 countries.

Key facts

Company.name: Telenor ASA
Company.logo: Telenor.svg
Company.logo_size: 230
Company.assets: (2021)
Company.type: Publicly-traded, majority-State-owned company regulated by public law
Company.industry: Telecommunications
Company.products: Fixed line and mobile telephony, internet, digital television, IT services, IPTV Telegraphy
Company.revenue: (2023)
Company.operating_income: (2021)
Company.net_income: (2021)
Company.equity: (2021)
Company.owner: Government of Norway (54%)

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Contents

History
Telegraph
Telephone
Deregulation and internationalisation
Operations
Research
Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-machine
Broadcast
Former operations
Controversy
See also
Notes
References
External links

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