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    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      Telecoms
      Telenor says bruising Myanmar exit helped prompt rejig of Asia business

      Norwegian group conducts most of its business in the region and is now open to doing deals

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd
      CK Hutchison in deal talks with Telenor in Denmark and Sweden

      Owner of UK’s Three says it is also close to an agreement with Vodafone

      A Telenor sign
    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Myanmar junta approves Telenor’s divestment from country

      Exit of Norwegian group, which has been trying to leave for months, has dismayed human rights activists

    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      Myanmar
      Myanmar activist warns Telenor that sale will endanger junta’s opponents

      Norwegian telecoms company is struggling to appease both regime and human rights campaigners

      A Myanmar soldier stands outside City Hall in Yangon after soldiers occupied the building
    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Telecoms
      Telenor and CP plan biggest Thai telecoms group via $8.6bn merger

      Norwegian company and conglomerate agree deal as region rolls out 5G infrastructure

      Telenor flag flutters next to the company’s headquarters in Fornebu, Norway
    • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
      News in-depthMyanmar
      Companies struggling to exit Myanmar ventures face prospect of investor flight

      Campaign groups press multinationals to be ready to leave empty-handed

      Anti-coup protesters in Yangon in July
    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      Telenor’s sale of Myanmar unit to M1 sidelined over junta’s opposition

      Norwegian telecom draws up contingency plans to exit country in wake of coup

      A Telenor sign in Yangon, Myanmar
    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      Myanmar
      Myanmar rights groups complain to OECD over Telenor sale

      Norwegian state-owned telco offloaded operations in conflict-torn nation to Lebanese investment firm

      Women carry burning torches during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon
    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Telenor exits Myanmar after military coup

      Norwegian state-controlled telecoms operator was seen as a cornerstone foreign investor

      Protesters hold hands to form a line in front of the police during an anti-coup demonstration in Myanmar
    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      Axiata and Telenor to merge Malaysian mobile groups in $12bn deal

      Agreement comes after the pair abandoned plan to combine regional operations 2 years ago

      The Axiata sign on a Celcom Axiata building in Kuala Lumpur
    • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
      Myanmar
      Telenor writes off $782m Myanmar business following coup

      Norwegian telecoms group has been hit by internet shutdowns and worsening operating conditions

    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
      Myanmar
      Norwegian telecoms chief denounces cyber security bill in Myanmar

      Telenor says legislation proposed by junta should not be implemented

    • Friday, 6 September, 2019
      Axiata Group Bhd
      Axiata and Telenor abandon move to merge Asian operations

      Collapse of talks comes after Malaysian prime minister aired fears over potential job losses

      epa05717227 Malaysian former prime minister and United Indigenous Party chairman, Mahathir Mohamad (C), United Indigenous Party president, Muhyiddin Yassin (L) and United Indigenous Party, deputy president, Mukhriz Mahathir (R) raise their hand during the launching of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or locally known as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) in Shah Alam, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14 January 2017. The Malaysian United Indigenous Party or locally known as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is a political party that was born after the dismissal of party's president, Muhyiddin Yassin and party's deputy president, Mukhriz and dependence of Mohd Shafie Afdal from ruling party, United Malays National Organisation or UMNO on 24 June 2016. EPA/AHMAD YUSNI
    • Monday, 6 May, 2019
      Telecoms
      Telenor and Axiata to create pan-Asian powerhouse with merger

      Malaysian group and Asian arm of Norwegian rival will create operator with 300m customers

      FILE PHOTO: An Axiata logo is seen at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo
    • Tuesday, 9 April, 2019
      Norway’s Telenor to buy majority stake in Finland’s DNA

      The €1.5bn deal opens Norwegian group up to Europe’s fastest growing telecoms market

    • Monday, 28 January, 2019
      Norway’s Telenor targeted by activist investor

      Constructive Capital wants telecoms group to spin off mobile masts arm and increase debt

      Telenor's logo is seen in central Belgrade, Serbia, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
    • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
      European companies
      Telenor sells eastern European assets in €2.8bn deal

      Norwegian group shifts focus to Scandinavian core and fast-growing Asian markets

      Telenor's logo is seen in central Belgrade, Serbia, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
    • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
      European companies
      Telenor sells eastern European mobile operations to Czech group
    • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
      Banks
      China’s Ant Financial makes foray into Pakistan through Telenor deal
    • Monday, 17 July, 2017
      European companies
      Telenor shares boosted by buyback and earnings rise

      Nordic telco recovers from difficult period as cost-cutting lifts profitability

      A woman cooks food under an umbrella bearing a Telenor ASA logo in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, March 10, 2017. The growth of mobile phone take up in Myanmar has surprised even the operators who entered the country just three years ago. Telenor is looking at new opportunities within mobile finance, said Telenor Myanmar Chief Executive Officer Lars Erik Tellmann in an interview on March 9. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 17 July, 2017
      Telecoms
      Telenor shares hit 18-month high on earnings beat
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2017
      Indian business & finance
      Telenor to exit India with sale to Bharti Airtel

      Reliance’s Jio mobile spurs competition and potential wave of defensive deals

      Customers wait to pay their bills at a Bharti Airtel Ltd. store in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Bharti, India's largest mobile-phone carrier has bought enough airwaves in the past two months to be able to provide 4G services everywhere in the country, is scheduled to announce end of year earnings on April 27. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2017
      Telecoms
      Bharti Airtel to buy Telenor India as sector consolidation continues
    • Monday, 30 January, 2017
      News in-depthWorld Economic Forum in Davos
      Vodafone seeks answer to Indian woes with rival Idea

      Merger of two operators would create largest network in country amid Jio competition

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2016
      European companies
      Norway’s Telenor warns Ofcom over splitting BT

      Move highlights how European telcos are worried over implications of separating Openreach

      Undated handout photo issued by BT of Openreach engineer Stuart MacDonald in North Tolsta, as the remote community in the Western Isles is the first in Scotland to test increased broadband speeds over long phone lines. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday August 18, 2016. Initial results from around 20 homes in North Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis have seen "significant increases" in fibre broadband speeds and could lead to a roll-out in rural areas across the country. See PA story SCOTLAND Broadband Remote. Photo credit should read: Iain MacDonald/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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