Telenor International activities and markets

Telenor world locations
Approximately half of Telenor's employees work outside Norway.
Bangladesh
Telenor owns 62% of GrameenPhone, Bangladesh's largest mobile telephone company followed by Banglalink. As of June 2008[update], GrameenPhone has more than 20 million subscribers
Denmark
In Denmark Telenor owns the following companies: Sonofon which is Denmark's second largest provider of mobile telephony with 1.8 million subscribers. Cybercity which provides IP telephony and broadband and has 280.000 customers. Tele2 which provides telephony and internet. CBB Mobil which provides low cost prepaid mobile telephony.
In 2009 Sonofon, Cybercity and Tele2 will be unified under one international brand - Telenor.
Furthermore the digital distributor of TV-channels Canal Digital owned by Telenor is also present in Denmark.
Finland
Telenor's operations in Finland are fixed datacom and Canal Digital.
Hungary
Pannon is Telenor's fully owned subsidiary in Hungary. The company offers mobile telephony, has 3 million subscribers and a marked share of 33%.
Malaysia
DiGi is Malaysia's third largest mobile telephony company, and Telenor owns 49% of the company.
Montenegro
ProMonte is Telenor's subsidiary in Montenegro and offers mobile telephony.
Telenor Pakistan
Telenor Pakistan is a wholly owned subsidiary that started operations on the 15th of March 2005 and holds one of six mobile licences in Pakistan. It's also the fastest growing cellular network of Pakistan - this may be attributed to their aggressive marketing and advertising campaign. Currently, Telenor holds the second largest GSM and the largest GPRS and EDGE coverage in Pakistan with the recent launch of its nationwide EDGE-enabled network. It has achieved the second largest retailer network in Pakistan within the 2 years span of its operations and has started operations in northern areas of Pakistan and in Pakistani administered Kashmir. Telenor had reached its breakeven in the first quarter of 2007. Telenor proactively participated in the earthquake disaster relief, and carried out a campaign for the welfare of flood victims in Balochistan. The current CEO of Telenor Pakistan is Jon Eddy Abdullah.
Russia and CIS
Russia's second largest mobile telephone company is VimpelCom, which Telenor owns about a third of VimpelCom also operates in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistanand Georgia. The company is listed on New York Stock Exchange
Serbia
Telenor owns 100% of Telenor Serbia, one of the three mobile vendors in Serbia and has a customer base of around 2.99 million. It is second mobile operator in the Serbian market.
Sweden
Telenor owns a number of different companies in Sweden. Telenor Sverige AB is the result of Telenor's purchase of Vodafone Sweden in 2005, offering mobile telephone services with a market share of approximately 15%. Telenor also owns Bredbandsbolaget, Sweden's second largest provider of broadband and the largest provider of IP telephony. Canal Digital offers TV distribution as well.
Thailand
Telenor holds an indirect position in DTAC, a mobile telephony company in Thailand. DTAC currently has about 14 million users which put DTAC as the second-largest mobile operator in the Thai market.
India
Telenor has accquired 60% equity stake in Unitech Wireless, which has the requisite government approvals/licenses to provide mobile services pan-India & is currently in the process of rolling out its network nation-wide (by end of 2009).
Probable strategy
The company started commercial operations in Pakistan on 14 March 2005. It will continue its focus on mobile operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, become the largest provider of TV and Broadband to customers in Scandinavia, and sell non-core assets outside this scope.
Generally, the company's strong growth has derived from focusing on mobile communication in low-income, but fast-growing markets. These potentials being fulfilled, new incomes could come from either new market entries, or increased revenues from more services in existing emerging markets, from both mobile and broadband services.
Telenor is currently taking part in a race to acquire a sixth mobile operator in Vietnam in competition with other global telco's, among them Vimpelcom Telenor announced to the business newsparer Dagens Naeringsliv last winter that they are looking at possible prospects for mobile operations in Africa
Telenor International activities and markets