http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/video-interview-with-new-ceo-johan-dennelind/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/video-interview-with-new-ceo-johan-dennelind/Learn more about Johan Dennelind and his view on TeliaSonera and the new position as the company's CEO  in this interview. IFrame . .   Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:39:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/video-watch-press-conference-with-new-ceo-johan-dennelind/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/video-watch-press-conference-with-new-ceo-johan-dennelind/Johan Dennelind, newly appointed CEO and President of TeliaSonera, was presentented at a press conference on June 17 2013. Chairman of The Board, Marie Ehrling, gave a short introduction and Johan Dennelind himself spoke about his background and what he thinks of his new position at TeliaSonera. IFrame . .   Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:23:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/a-few-questions-to-our-chairman-marie-ehrling-and-new-president-and-ceo-johan-dennelind/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/a-few-questions-to-our-chairman-marie-ehrling-and-new-president-and-ceo-johan-dennelind/Marie, please tell us about the recruitment process in finding the right candidate? As you all know finding the right CEO has been the Board’s highest priority. We have conducted a rigorous recruitment process led by the remuneration committee consisting of myself, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Mats Jansson.   What were the criteria you looked for? The search criteria for the new candidate has been strong and extensive leadership skills, experience of developing international corporations as well ...Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:59:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/-rubrik-johan-dennelind-appointed-president-and-ceo-of-teliasonera/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/-rubrik-johan-dennelind-appointed-president-and-ceo-of-teliasonera/The Board of TeliaSonera has appointed Johan Dennelind to the position of President and CEO. He has almost 20 years of experience of the telecommunications industry, most recently with Vodacom Group where he held the position as CEO Vodacom International based in South Africa. He started his telecommunications career as a trainee with Telia AB. Between 1999 and 2010 he held various positions in Telenor, including two years as CEO of Digi Telecommunications. He holds a Master of Science in...Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:43:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/telecom-italia-joins-the-global-m2m-association/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/telecom-italia-joins-the-global-m2m-association/    The Global M2M Association (GMA), a cooperation agreement in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) sector between TeliaSonera, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, today announced the addition of Telecom Italia to the association. Through the GMA, four of the leading mobile operators in Europe can now collaborate to deliver best-in-class, enhanced and seamless M2M services. The unique partnership provides global coverage with an unmatched European footprint of 28 countries, or 94 percent of the European...Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-gains-most-in-popularity-among-students-in-universum-survey/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-gains-most-in-popularity-among-students-in-universum-survey/Universum is a leading company in the field of employer branding globally.  In a survey in which 48,000 students rank their ideal employer published on Friday June 7 TeliaSonera is one of the companies gaining most in popularity, climbing to place 14 from 21 in its category. The fact that few industries can show the same growth as telecommunications these days can be one of the reasons for why TeliaSonera is a popular employer, says Karin Eliasson , Senior Vice President and Head of Group Hum...Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:14:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/det-ar-fa-branscher-som-kan-visa-en-liknande-tillvaxt/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/det-ar-fa-branscher-som-kan-visa-en-liknande-tillvaxt/Innovativa och i teknisk framkant, så beskriver Karin Eliasson, Senior Vice President and Head of Group Human Resources, TeliaSonera. Nu söker företaget unga talanger som vill vara med och utveckla nästa generations telekomtjänster. Efter en omväxlande karriär inom ett flertal olika branscher kom Karin Eliasson år 2008 till TeliaSonera. I dag har hon det övergripande HR-ansvaret för koncernens 28 400 medarbetare. Vad är du mest stolt över att ha åstadkommit? – Det finns mycket att vara stolt...Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:00:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/global-network-initiative-gni-and-industry-dialogue-meet-for-the-first-time/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/global-network-initiative-gni-and-industry-dialogue-meet-for-the-first-time/IFrame . . Interview with Susan Morgan, Director of the GNI and Patrik Hiselius, Chair of the Industry Dialogue and Senior Advisor, TeliaSonera, on the challenges and opportunities telecommunications are facing regarding freedom of expression and human rights. More information regarding Industry Dialogue   Fri, 31 May 2013 10:25:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/ceo-interview-with-uppdrag-granskning/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/ceo-interview-with-uppdrag-granskning/View investigative reporting program Uppdrag Granskning’s full interview with TeliaSonera CEO Per-Arne Blomquist. Parts of it was used in the program which aired on Wednesday May 22. In this full version you can see all the messages delivered by Per-Arne in the interview which took place on May 20. Widget zone placeholder . . IFrame . .   Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/afghanistans-minister-of-communications-and-it-visits-sweden/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/afghanistans-minister-of-communications-and-it-visits-sweden/Afghanistan’s Minister of Communications and IT, Amirzai Sangin, visited Sweden last week and participated in a discussion at TeliaSonera on “Society and telecommunications – where global and local issues meet” (the discussion is in Swedish). Minister Sangin is well acquainted with both Sweden and TeliaSonera. During his 20-year exile in Sweden he was employed by TeliaSonera, developing mobile communications. He has continued to do so as Minister for Communications in Afghanistan since 2006....Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/get-the-super-charged-feeling/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/get-the-super-charged-feeling/IFrame . . Telia-Sonera super-charges Malmö and Eurovision. See what is going on in the TeliaSonera purple studio, backstage and in the celebrating city of Malmö. See more of Super-Charged! Fri, 17 May 2013 11:34:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/it-is-all-about-eurovision-in-malmo-and-europe-/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/it-is-all-about-eurovision-in-malmo-and-europe-/The artists are now in Malmö. The rehearsals and semifinals are in full swing and the big final is on Saturday. All TeliaSonera activities are up and running and the technical preparations at the arena are completed. TeliaSonera´s own studio in Malmö is well visited Everywhere at Gustav Adolfs Torg in Malmö you see TeliaSoneras purple color. You will find both our Purple glass studio and Telias Super-Hangout. You can take part of the live artist performances at the Purple studio on site and v...Wed, 15 May 2013 14:42:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-mozilla-and-the-trusted-ca/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-mozilla-and-the-trusted-ca/The Register has reported that Mozilla  is considering not granting TeliaSonera’s request to have its new root certificate included in Firefox’s list of trusted Certificate Authorities, so called CAs. A trusted CA  can create server certificates to companies who need their sites to be clearly identified as trusted sites, such as internet banks for instance. Should TeliaSonera not be included in Firefox’s list of trusted CAs, it would mean that companies who have their certificates created by...Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:38:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-visits-teliasonera-to-talk-innovation/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-visits-teliasonera-to-talk-innovation/Bruce Dickinson is most known as lead singer for Iron Maiden, one of the world’s most successful heavy metal bands. But Bruce is a man of many talents, including airline pilot, marketing director, writer and entrepreneur. And it was in the latter capacity that he recently visited TeliaSonera’s customer event in Sweden. We took the opportunity to ask Bruce a few questions. - Everything I do is about people and turning people into fans. And that’s my key message to the companies that I visit;...Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:10:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/agm-2013/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/agm-2013/The Annual General Meeting was held Tuesday April 3, 2012 at 14:00 CET at Cirkus in Stockholm. The 2013 AGM elected Marie Ehrling as Chairman of the Board. Take part of videos, speaches, minutes and more Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:05:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasoneras-annual-report-2012/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasoneras-annual-report-2012/TeliaSonera’s Annual Report, Sustainability Report and Company Presentation 2012 are now available. TeliaSonera Annual Report 2012 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:05:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/m2m-creates-a-world-of-ecosystems/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/m2m-creates-a-world-of-ecosystems/One of the findings when m2m develops is that there will be many different ecosystems on the development market. Each car manufacturer will have their own environment with licensed developers. A mini webbinar from MWC in Barcelona. Hans Dahlberg, head of m2m, elaborate on his finding on the Mobile World Congress 2013 and how this will affect operators and other players. One typical example is the car manufacturer Ford that just a couple of months ago opened up their platform and allowed outsi...Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:43:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/moldcell-one-of-the-operators-behind-awarded-egovernment-center/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/moldcell-one-of-the-operators-behind-awarded-egovernment-center/On Tuesday afternoon the Moldovan e-Government Center received the “Best m-Government Initiative” at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for its “Mobile signature” project. The mobile signature implementation in Moldova was created in collaboration between the mobile operators Moldcell and Orange. “Mobile signature” is a virtual ID card and a key to all public services. It allows Moldovans to sign documents, reports, statements to institutions or online applications. Similarly, citizens ca...Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:17:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/welcome-to-the-mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/welcome-to-the-mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona/ This is mobile industry trade show for leaders in the mobile technology and cell phone market to gather, collaborate, network, and conduct business. It is an annual event coordinated by the GSMA and more that 70.000 are expected to attend. It´s almost impossible to cover all of the events taking place during the week but we will try cherry-picking what´s of most importance to our markets.  Seven TeliaSonera employees visiting the congress have agreed to post their findings in this blog durin...Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:22:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-becomes-a-member-of-the-un-global-compact/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-becomes-a-member-of-the-un-global-compact/The UN Global Compact, with over 10,000 corporate members and other stakeholders across 130 countries, is the largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world. It is a leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible and sustainable corporate policies and practices. In February, TeliaSonera became a signatory and a member of the UN Global Compact. One of the key requirements of the UN Global Compact is that the members commit to make the...Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:32:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/webcast/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/webcast/ In connection with the publication of the Mannheimer Swartling report, the Chairman of the Board, Anders Narvinger, held a press conference in Swedish that you can view here.     IFrame . . Widget zone placeholder . . Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:58:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/factbook-on-teliasonera-in-eurasia-published-today/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/factbook-on-teliasonera-in-eurasia-published-today/To increase transparency regarding our history, investments, presence, and the ownership structure of our Eurasian operations, we have gathered this information in a Factbook. The Factbook provides a background to how we entered each of the markets and the subsequent changes in ownership to date. It also shows what these businesses look like today, with key facts for each market. The operations in Eurasia represent around one fifth of our total sales in 2012. Business in Eurasia involves...Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:18:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/draperprize2013/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/draperprize2013/The American National Academy of Engineering will this year award the prestigious Draper Prize to Sweden´s Thomas Haug. The Prize is awarded annually to persons who has developed technologies with a major positive impact on the everyday life of people. Examples of earlier award winners are Vinton G Cerf for the development of internet, the founder of world wide web Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the respective developers of the GPS-system, the optofibre technology, the LCD technology as well as...Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:40:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/sms-more-than-just-a-short-text-message/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/sms-more-than-just-a-short-text-message/At the beginning, nobody could have envisaged the impact SMS would have until kids started to use it. The first SMS was sent in 1992 and was a simple Christmas greeting. Today, SMS has evolved and in combination with other services can create real benefits for entire communities. At TeliaSonera, we have been offering SMS services right from the beginning and have seen how it has grown over the years and how it has been used in many different ways. Creating communities Last year in Sweden, a...Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:52:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasoneras-princip-ar-att-undvika-anvanda-revisorer-for-skattefragor/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasoneras-princip-ar-att-undvika-anvanda-revisorer-for-skattefragor/I Rapports morgonsändning den 6 december görs det gällande att TeliaSoneras revisorer sitter på dubbla stolar. Inslaget ger fel intryck då själva utgångspunkten för det, att "TeliaSoneras revisorer granskar sig själva", inte är korrekt. TeliaSonera har som princip att undvika att använda sina revisorer för skattefrågor. KPMG är och har varit TeliaSoneras huvudleverantör av skatterådgivning och skattefrågor de senaste fyra åren. De har stått för cirka 90 procent av våra utgifter inom området,...Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:10:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/disaster-relief-activities/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/disaster-relief-activities/ At TeliaSonera, one of our key drivers is to ensure our customers have access to our services at all times – so they are connected always. We strive to do this 24/7, also during natural disasters. This requires investing in our network and preparing back-up solutions in the event of natural disasters. In Eurasia, for example, most of our companies have mobile base stations that can quickly and easily be set up in areas affected by disaster. The networks are designed in such a way that traffi...Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:42:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/tcell-restricts-access-to-facebook-after-legal-request/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/tcell-restricts-access-to-facebook-after-legal-request/Tcell has, following receipt of a written, legal request by the regulatory body in Tajikistan, restricted the access to Facebook. It goes without saying that TeliaSonera aims to keep all services open as much as possible, that is how we serve our customers. We have a clear policy in place to ensure that all requests are handled in a legally correct way, and we aim to communicate them on our corporate website to the extent possible. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:17:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/a-taste-of-burma/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/a-taste-of-burma/Last week, November 12 – 14, TeliaSonera was part of a group of business delegates, headed up by the Swedish prime minister and trade minister Ewa Björling, who visited Burma. One of the main purposes of the five day fact finding trip was to strengthen ties with Burma and to increase trade and investments between Sweden and Burma. It is impossible to ignore the huge political transformation which has been sweeping though Burma in recent times. Step by step foreign states are easing long held...Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:43:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/azerbaijan-host-for-un-appointed-forum-on-internet-governance/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/azerbaijan-host-for-un-appointed-forum-on-internet-governance/Last week, people from around the world, from different walks of life, representing; themselves, governments, NGOs, companies or regulators, met in Baku to discuss developments within the United Nations’ seventh Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Some 1,500 participants gathered for the four day conference on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. The main theme was: “Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development”. TeliaSonera was represented by...Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:37:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m-market-is-moving-fast/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/m2m-market-is-moving-fast/The M2M market is taking off. Some years ago Ericsson predicted that more than 50 billion devices will be connected by 2020. Today that figure is disputed by some and that the real figure will be much higher. Listen to the keynote speeches during the conference from the symposium. Opening introduction and welcome with Hans Dahlberg, Head of TeliaSonera Global M2M Services , host of the M2M symposium. Lars Nyberg CEO of TeliaSonera Gives a background to the change that is taking place in the...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:55:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasonera-joins-joint-audit-cooperation-jac/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasonera-joins-joint-audit-cooperation-jac/TeliaSonera has joined the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) : a co-operation of nine European telecommunication operators conducting combined CSR audits across common suppliers. This united strength in the ICT sector will continue to advance responsible and sustainable growth across the supply chain. JAC is an association of telecom operators founded by Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Telecom Italia in 2010. In addition to JAC's primary focus of striving to achieve higher CSR standards acro...Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/background-to-kcell-and-mobile-communications-in-kazakhstan/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/background-to-kcell-and-mobile-communications-in-kazakhstan/The company was founded in 1998 and until recently was a limited liability partnership between the state owned incumbent JSC Kazakhtelekom (49%), and TeliaSonera/Fintur Holdings (51%). At the beginning of 2012, TeliaSonera acquired Kazakhtelecom’s stake of 49%. Kcell is the leading mobile operator in Kazakhstan by market share in terms of revenue and subscribers, with over 11 million subscriptions as of the end of Q2/2012. During the 13 years of its operation, Kcell has been driving the...Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:33:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasoner-hosts-m2m-seminarium-in-stockholm-november-6/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/teliasoner-hosts-m2m-seminarium-in-stockholm-november-6/Millions of intelligent M2M conversations are now going on all around us: enabling greater efficiency and enhancing customer benefit. But how will the successful evolution of Machine-to-Machine Technology, or M2M, benefit your own business or organization? On 6 November 2012 you can get up-to-speed with the very latest developments, network with the movers and the shakers and experience some innovative M2M solutions at first hand. TeliaSonera and 25 of its prime M2M business partners would li...Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:21:00 +0100http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/statement-regarding-azercell-privatisation/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/statement-regarding-azercell-privatisation/In 2008, the Azerbaijani state privatized the mobile operator Azercell  by selling all of its remaining shares ( 35,7 percent)  to the holding company Azertel, a company which is majority owned by Fintur Holdings, of which TeliaSonera is a majority owner. At the same time, the Azerbaijani state made an agreement with a group of investors who invested in the privatization vouchers, to obtain compensation in connection with the privatization of Azercell. The agreement was that the group of...Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:00:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/human-rights-within-the-international-framework/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/human-rights-within-the-international-framework/In May 2012, TeliaSonera launched an action programme to enhance our focus on human rights and increase transparency in our communications. One element of the action programme is to raise awareness about how the international legal framework for telecommunications relates to human rights. As promised on 23 August , we are now providing an overview of that framework, available here . The purpose is to make the framework - as well as the demands - on all operators clear to our customers, the...Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:37:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/telia-bryter-inte-mot-nagot-sakerhetsskyddsavtal/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/telia-bryter-inte-mot-nagot-sakerhetsskyddsavtal/I ännu ett inslag i TV4 anklagas Telia felaktigt för att ha outsourcat säkerhetsskyddsklassad kundinformation till företaget Logica. Vi vill återigen understryka att all säkerhetsskyddsklassad information finns hos Telia. Vi har inte brutit mot något säkerhetsskyddsavtal. Säkerhetsskyddsklassad kundinformation ligger hos Telia. Vi har outsourcat verksamhet till Logica men inte information som är säkerhetsskyddsklassad. Det interna dokument som TV4 hänvisar till är ryckt ur sitt sammanhang....Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:00:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/-teliasonera-anadolu-high-school-opens-in-van-eastern-turkey/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/-teliasonera-anadolu-high-school-opens-in-van-eastern-turkey/Last week marked the official opening of the new, 24 classroom large TeliaSonera Anadolu High School. The new TeliaSonera Anadolu High School will accommodate a total of 1,500 students in two shifts. It has replaced one of the biggest schools in the city, Kazim Karabekir high school, which became unusable after the earthquake.  Construction of TeliaSonera Anadolu High School was completed in four and a half months, after laying the foundation in June 2012. The school has an earthquake-resista...Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:56:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/introduction-speech-q3-results-lars-nyberg-ceo-and-president/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/introduction-speech-q3-results-lars-nyberg-ceo-and-president/Today Lars Nyberg, CEO, gave an introduction to the Q3 results commenting on recent events in media. Please find the transcript from this introduction note below, the press release regarding the Q3 results and an extract from the press conference with Lars Nybergs introduction. Transcript of introduction speech Watch the webcast from the press conference Read the press release on the Q3 results Extract from the broadcasted press conference Widget zone placeholder . . IFrame . .   Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:53:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/sustainability-action-programme-update/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/sustainability-action-programme-update/Late Spring, we launched our sustainability action programme with a main goal to further improve the protection of privacy and freedom of expression in the markets we operate in. Since then progress has been made in those areas we have committed to; initiating dialogue with telecoms ministers in Central Asia, carrying out of risk assessments vis à vis human rights in business and educating our employees on Code of Ethics . We have partnered with the Danish Institute of Human Rights to use the...Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:36:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/nepal-veckans-affarer/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/nepal-veckans-affarer/Veckans Affärer’s article from October 11 is based on a mistaken claim that TeliaSonera acquired its operations in Nepal from Raj Bahadur Singh, or a company controlled by him. TeliaSonera acquired a controlling stake in Spice Nepal/Ncell in October 2008. The seller was Visor Group, an international investment company based in Kazakhstan. Raj Bahadur Singh was a shareholder and chairman of the board in Spice Nepal until April 2006 when he sold the last part of his holding to Visor, left his...Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:23:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/background-to-ncell-and-telecommunicatons-in-nepal/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/background-to-ncell-and-telecommunicatons-in-nepal/Since 1995 the telecom sector has undergone significant growth in Nepal. The decision of His Majesty's Government of Nepal on December 25, 1995 paved the way for the involvement of the private sector in the development of the telecommunication services. Ncell (then Mero Mobile) broke the monopoly held by the state-owned Nepal Telecom, by building a new arena in mobile telephony services. Ncell has adopted the approach that mobile communication is not a luxury but a necessity. Ncell was the...Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:30:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/statement-following-lars-nybergs-meeting-with-the-committee-on-industry-and-trade-of-the-swedish-parliament/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/statement-following-lars-nybergs-meeting-with-the-committee-on-industry-and-trade-of-the-swedish-parliament/Today, Lars Nyberg, CEO gave a statement to the press following his meeting with the Committee on Industry and Trade of the Swedish Parliament. “The meeting with the Committee on Industry and Trade of the Swedish parliament went well. I received lots of questions, critical questions, and I did my utmost to answer them. I had the opportunity to describe the background to TeliaSonera’s operations in Eurasia and the challenges connected with doing business in this part of the world. The committe...Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:05:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/tomas-bertelman/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/tomas-bertelman/TeliaSonera has today appointed former ambassador to Russia Tomas Bertelman as strategic advisor for matters related to the company’s operations in Central Asia. Bertelman will assist the board in their efforts to manage the difficult tradeoffs associated with conducting business in the markets in question. "I am looking forward to working with the issues related to TeliaSonera’s Eurasian operations. My commitment will be future oriented, and my efforts will be focused around areas where...Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:11:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/Clarification-regarding-media-reports/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/Clarification-regarding-media-reports/Following media reports that there is uncertainty surrounding the ownership of the assets TeliaSonera acquired from Takilant in 2007, TeliaSonera has today provided the prosecutor with documents which confirm that Takilant owned the licenses and frequencies at the time of the acquisition. TeliaSonera has previously communicated that the company paid the purchase price to an account belonging to Takilant, which owned the assets. Klargörande av mediauppgifter Efter mediauppgifter om att det råd...Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:26:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/successful-iphone5-launch-in-the-nordics-and-baltics/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/successful-iphone5-launch-in-the-nordics-and-baltics/Lines were long outside selected TeliaSonera stores at midnight on September 28 as the first customers got their hands on the highly anticipated iPhone5. On September 12, iPhone5 was first showcased by Apple. Nine days later, our customers were able to preorder it. At midnight Thursday 28, the iPhone5 went on sale in our stores in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In Estonia, they were sold out in 15 minutes.   Watch a feature from the Telia Denmark's launch in Denmark' TV2 News S...Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:41:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/uppdatering-uzbekistan/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/uppdatering-uzbekistan/We can confirm that the Swedish  police has collected information from TeliaSonera regarding Uzbekistan. A few days ago TeliaSonera announced that the company will initiate an external review regarding the allegations of bribes and money laundering. The anticorruption unit of the Swedish Prosecuting Authorities have now initiated an investigation, which we welcome. TeliaSonera will cooperate fully with the investigation. Uppdatering Uzbekistan Vi kan bekräfta att polisen har inhämtat uppgifte...Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:15:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/comment-by-chairman-anders-narvinger-on-recent-allegations/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/comment-by-chairman-anders-narvinger-on-recent-allegations/“The allegations regarding bribery and money laundering, directed at TeliaSonera in the current affairs' programme Uppdrag Granskning are very serious. Therefore, it is important that the external review we are initiating ascertains whether there are any grounds for these allegations. The board has full confidence in TeliaSonera’s President and CEO Lars Nyberg and in the way management handles the situation. I share Lars Nyberg’s concern about developments in Uzbekistan, both from a human...Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:11:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/press-conference-about-licenses-in-uzbekistan/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/press-conference-about-licenses-in-uzbekistan/At 10 am today, a press conference was held with CEO Lars Nyberg, where gave his view on the allegations made in the Swedish TV show Uppdrag Granskning on Wednesday evening. If you are unable to watch the broadcast (in Swedish) below, you may visit our Transcript of Lars Nybergs speech Presskonferens med VD Lars Nyberg om Uppdrag Granskning Kl 10.00 imorse hölls en presskonferens med Lars Nyberg där han gav sin syn på anklagelserna som fördes fram i TV programmet Uppdrag Granskning i onsdags...Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:33:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/3g-services-resumed-in-zhanaozen-city-kazakhstan/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/3g-services-resumed-in-zhanaozen-city-kazakhstan/Kcell has informed its subscribers that the 3G network now is working after the temporary closure requested by the authorized body. The 3G services were temporarily stopped in the town of Zhanaozen, Mangistau oblast at 13th September from 16.30 till 21.30. Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:43:00 +0200http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/kcell-communicates-temporary-shutdown-of-3g-network-in-zhan-ozen-/http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2012/kcell-communicates-temporary-shutdown-of-3g-network-in-zhan-ozen-/Kcell has informed its subscribers of the temporary closure of its 3G network in Zhanaozen via www.kcell.kz Below is the text in English: Dear subscribers in Zhanaozen, Under the resolution of the authorized body, 3G services have been temporarily stopped in the town of Zhanaozen, Mangistau oblast. We will inform you of restoration of the 3G services additionally. We apologize for any inconveniences. Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:31:00 +0200