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Telenor Denmark to ditch Bibob brand

2016-01-14 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Telco's prepaid arm to adopt CBB brand; new name comes into effect on 22 February.

Telenor surpasses 200 mln mobile subscribers

2015-12-17 09:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Telenor Group said it surpassed the 200 million mobile subscribers mark. This represents a significant milestone in Telenor Group's history across Asia, Europe and the Nordics, the Norway-based company said. At the end of 2015, the group has 200.6 million mobile subscribers, excluding figures from Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar, up from 185.9 million at the end of 2014. Telenor Group is present in 13 markets across Asia and Europe.

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Telenor proposes Waersted as new chairman

2015-12-17 08:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Telenor has proposed Gunn Waersted as the new chair of its board of directors. Born in 1955, Waersted is Executive Vice President and member of the Group Executive Management at Nordea Bank and Country Senior Executive at Nordea Bank Norway. She has held a number of senior executive positions in banking and insurance, among which CEO of SpareBank 1 Gruppen and the SpareBank 1 Alliansen, Group Executive Vice President of DNB and CEO of Vital Forsikring. She is also the chair of Petoro and has previously been a board member of Statoil, Statkraft and Ferd Holding. Telenor's surpervisory board will consider the appointment at a meeting 17 December. Telenor's previous chairman Svein Aaser was dismissed in October after disagreeing with the state, Telenor's largest shareholder, about the company's handling of its stake in Vimpelcom.

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