Zonavi - Telenor’s new Nordic initiative for Interactive TV
Telenor has established a new company, Zonavi, which will develop content and new services for interactive television based on broadband technologies. “Zonavi is an important part of our strategy to become the leading Nordic supplier of broadband services to the home,” said Stig Eide Sivertsen, CEO Telenor Broadband Services.
June 26, 2000
Norway's Telenor Media majors in French ATB
(Oslo/Lorient) Telenor Media has acquired 75% equity of Annuaires Téléphoniques de Bretagne (ATB), a French directory publisher based in Lorient, France. The current owner will retain the remaining 25 % of the company. June 16, 2000
IBM/Lotus and Telenor launch IntraWAP: Intranet on your mobile phone
Helsinki/Oslo: On Friday, Telenor, IBM Norway and Lotus presented IntraWAP – a solution that enables employees to have direct access to the company’s intranet via their own mobile WAP phones. The project is the first of its kind to be launched worldwide. June 13, 2000
Telenor enters into agreement to acquire 53,50 percent of SONOFON
Oslo/Copenhagen: Telenor of Norway has entered into an agreement to acquire 53.50 percent of the shares in SONOFON, the second largest mobile operator in Denmark with approximately 900,000 mobile subscriptions. The investment will amount to approximately DKK 13.1 billion, equivalent to approximately USD 1.7 billion. May 29, 2000
Telenor launches Pakistani TV channel in Europe
The Pakistani TV channel Prime TV will be commercially launched in Europe on May 29th 2000. The channel will be encrypted and is available for TV-viewers in Europe. Prime TV is part of the ColourSat concept, marketed by Telenor. May 25, 2000
Kon-Tiki Museum and Telenor : 2000 No Barriers Research Scholarship
Telenor and the Kon-Tiki Museum’s “No Barriers” research scholarship will be awarded this year to Dr.Jonathan Ames Friedman, Professor of Social Anthropology, Social Anthropology Department, Lund University, Sweden, and to Dr. Edvard Hviding, Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen. May 25, 2000
Telenor offers lowest rates to mobile phones
Telenor announces an offensive price guarantee for its fixed line customers: -– Our customers will enjoy the lowest prices available when they call from their home phone to a mobile phone, says Telenor Privat’s Director of Information, Ole Tom Nomeland. This price guarantee applies to calls to Telenor Mobil’s subscribers. May 24, 2000
Invitation: No Barriers Award Ceremony 25.5.00
On the occasion the ”No Barriers” award The Kon-Tiki Museum and Telenor has the pleasure of inviting you to this Award Ceremony at The Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo. May 24, 2000
Telenor awarded satellite contract in Morocco
Telenor has been awarded one of three licences to establish a satellite network in Morocco. The network will provide complete communication solutions both domestically and internationally for businesses in Morocco. Telenor is planning to invest approximately NOK 25 million in licences and infrastructure in Morocco this year. May 15, 2000
Nextra launches voice over IP for business customers in Norway
May 11, Oslo, Norway – Nextra, one of Europe’s fastest growing business-related communications service providers, today announced the launch of its Norwegian voice-over IP service which will allow the company’s corporate clients to cash in on lower price voice calls via data networks and reduce overall network administration costs.
May 15, 2000
Telenor enters into agreement to acquire up to 30% in Thailand’s second largest mobile operator
Telenor AS of Norway today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire up to a 30% stake in Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (“TAC”) and up to a 24.9% stake in TAC’s parent company, United Communication Industry Public Company Limited (“UCOM”), a major telecommunications group in Thailand. The investment will eventually amount to approximately US$720 million. May 9, 2000
Telenor celebrates quick IPO start
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The Norwegian government has submitted a bill to Parliament recommending the partial privatisation of Telenor scheduled to take place from this autumn.
May 9, 2000
Good 1st quarter for Telenor
(Oslo, 9 May 2000) The Telenor Group’s operating profit for the 1st quarter of 2000 was NOK 1,166 million. Compared to the same period in 1999, this represents an increase of NOK 364 million, of which NOK 352 comes from net gains from the sale of operations. Compared to the 1st quarter of 1999, the growth in turnover was just over 10 per cent. Adjusted for gains from sales, growth in turnover was approx. 6 per cent. The Group’s pre-tax profit for the 1st quarter was NOK 908 million, an increase of NOK 387 million compared to the same period last year.
May 5, 2000
Presentation of Telenor’s quarterly results
Telenor invites you to a presentation of the results for the first quarter of 2000.
May 5, 2000
DnB and Telenor create Norway’s leading net business channel
DnB and Telenor have agreed to form a new joint stock company with the objective of becoming Norway’s leading portal for net business solutions. The new company will have NOK 100 million in equity and will develop and offer a number of solutions to link traditional bank and telecom operations. Included will be new net business services via mobile telephone and other presentation media, such as viewing screen telephones and digital television. This joint project will help to accelerate the development of broadband services in Norway.
May 5, 2000
Nextra acquires PVT.net as part of its expansion programme in the Czech Republic
Nextra, one of Europe’s fastest growing business-related communications service providers, today announced its acquisition of PVT.net, the Internet business unit of PVT. The agreement with PVT, the leading IT and communications system integrator in the Czech Republic, will enable Nextra to provide Internet services to customers across the Czech Republic. The acquisition also establishes a relationship between Nextra’s parent company, Telenor AS, and PVT.
May 2, 2000
Nextra appoints managing director for Germany as company gears-up for growth.
Nextra, one of Europe’s fastest growing business-related communications service providers, today announced that it has appointed Rex Stephenson as managing director of Nextra Germany. Stephenson, 56, joined Nextra on 1 May 2000 from Global One where he was Executive Vice President of Global Operations and a member of the Executive Committee.
April 14, 2000
WAP to the people from Telenor!
This week will see WAP phones with a price tag of around NOK 1,000 in Norwegian stores. Telenor, in partnership with Motorola, is the first telecom provider in the world to have developed the technical solutions which offer full-scale WAP telephony at a far cheaper price than before.
April 13, 2000
Global coordinators appointed for the listing of Telenor
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The Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications and Telenor today announced the appointment of global coordinators for the planned initital public offering (IPO) of Telenor AS. The listing is subject to approval by the Norwegian Government and Parliament (Stortinget).
April 13, 2000
Major Nordic initiative with Telenor
Yes Television plc and Telenor announce that the two companies have signed a letter of intent to deliver a total television interactive service throughout the Nordic region.
April 4, 2000
Telenor Satellite Tracking opens Johannesburg office
Telenor Satellite Tracking is expanding its operations with a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa. A leading global provider of satellite tracking and telemetry services, the company already has a growing customer base in southern Africa.
April 4, 2000
Telenor Mobile Communications bids for GSM 1800 licence in Turkey
Norwegian Telenor Mobile Communications (TMC) is part of a consortium bidding for a GSM 1800 licence in Turkey. Telenor has an interest of 36 percent in the consortium. Three licences have been offered for auction, one of which has been reserved for the state-owned telecommunications company, Turk Telecom. Minimum investment per licence is USD 649 million.
April 3, 2000
Telenor takes over Swedish call centre
Telenor Teleservice has purchased the remaining 49 per cent of the Swedish call-centre company Kalix Tele 24, making it a 100 per cent owned Telenor Subsidiary.
March 28, 2000
Nextra builds Norway's foremost business Internet Service Provider
The Norwegian division of the Telenor-owned Internet company Nextra is gaining new management. Young talent has been recruited to form Norway's foremost Internet-based communications provider geared toward the business market.
March 27, 2000
Terje Thon steps down
Terje Thon resigns as Telenor’s Senior Executive Vice President effective July 1.
March 9, 2000
Telenor first in the world with SmartPhone
Soon you won’t need a PC to surf the Internet. On 22nd March Telenor will be launching SmartPhone, a new form of technology that will make all Internet services accessible to ordinary telephone subscribers.
March 6, 2000
Nextra acquires German business ISP IVM
Oslo/Bonn: Nextra, one of Europe’s fastest growing business related communications service providers, announced today that it has acquired IVM, an Internet service provider based in Bonn. IVM is the second German ISP purchased by Nextra this month, and the fourth acquired by the company since November 1999.
February 25, 2000
Record profits for Telenor
(Oslo, 25 February 2000) Interim accounting figures show that Telenor recorded a pre-tax profit of NOK 3,314 million in 1999. This is NOK 406 million more than in 1998 and the highest profit in the group’s history. The profit is mainly the result of significant growth in traffic and gains from sales. Operating income increased by 15.8 per cent.
February 11, 2000
Telenor Strengthens Corporate Management
Telenor is expanding its corporate management and making it more operational. "We have great challenges ahead of us in both the domestic and international markets. We have to be more offensive to ensure our customers access to world-class telephony and information services at reasonable prices, as well as create new growth and value for our owner," says CEO Tormod Hermansen.
February 10, 2000
Nextra buys Seicom, its third ISP in Germany
The Telenor company Nextra, Norway’s leading IP based business communications services provider, has acquired Stuttgart-based Seicom. Seicom, a rising ISP (Internet Services Provider), is the third German ISP focusing on business-related solutions purchased by Nextra in the last four months, signalling the company’s expansion into one of Europe’s largest and most attractive markets.
February 3, 2000
Austrian Internet provider Telenor magnet acquires Business ISP and changes name to Nextra
Telenor magnet has started its second phase on its way to becoming the most important Business Service Provider in Austria. Telenor magnet, which started its services in 1994, is now changing its name to Nextra, thus taking a further step in the internationalization of the Austrian Internet Provider market. Nextra is to supply Internet services to business customers all over Europe via one of the biggest and most modern Backbones called Nextbone.
January 27, 2000
NORWAY’S TELENOR MOVES INTO GERMANY
With the recent launch of a Dusseldorf office, Norway’s Telenor has signaled that it plans to strengthen its focus on the German market.
January 17, 2000
Telenor: two million mobile phone subscribers Telenor: two million mobile phone subscribers
In the first week of 2000, the number of Telenor Mobil subscribers broke the 2 million barrier. The company has therefore gained more than 500,000 new GSM subscribers in just one year. More than 60 per cent of the Norwegian population, or 75% of all Norwegians over the age of 12, now own a mobile phone.
January 14, 2000
British Telecommunications plc and Telenor AS
British Telecommunications plc ("BT") and Telenor AS ("Telenor") announce that they have reached agreement on their future relationship with regard toEsat Telecom Group PLC ("Esat") and Esat Digifone Limited ("Esat Digifone"). The agreement, which will come into effect upon BT's offer for Esat becoming unconditional and after any applicable regulatory consents, will provide that:
January 13, 2000
The International ISP (Internet Service Provider) Nextra s.r.o., acquires Slovak ISP, IPN a.s.
Nextra s.r.o, a subsidiary in the Telenor group, recently signed an agreement confirming the acquisition of IPN a.s, including its PubNet network.
January 11, 2000
TELENOR WILL NOT BE EXTENDING ITS OFFER ON ESAT TELECOM plc
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(Oslo, 11. Jan 2000) The Board of Telenor Ireland notes the announcement by British Telecommunications plc ("BT") of a recommended cash offer for Esat Telecom Group plc ("Esat") for US$ 100 for each Esat ADS. This represents a price which Telenor Ireland does not believe it would be appropriate to pay. Accordingly, it will not be extending its offer of US$ 85 per ADS beyond 14 January 2000.
January 5, 2000
TELENOR IRELAND and the Increased Cash Offer for ESAT TELECOM GROUP PLC
January 1, 2000
Telenor conquered the y2k-threat
With the exception of minor local congestion in the mobile network shortly after midnight, Telenor has mastered the year 2000 transition with no problems.
