Telenor says it created 50,000 jobs in India in 2015

December 2016

Norwegian telecom operatorTelenor has said that it created an estimated total of 53,725 jobs in India in 2015 of which 3,825 people were directly emp...

Tags: Norwegian telecom operator, Telenor, Global Impact Report

Towering Heights

August 2016

In India, for every 10 per cent of the population using basic services such as voice and SMS, the national GDP increases by 0.5 per cent; a similar e...

Tags: Indian telecom space, Tower, GDP, DoT, COAI, Rajan S Mathew, GSM operators, Sridhar Pai, Tonse Telecom, CAGR, Narendra Modi, TAIPA, Tilak Raj Dua, RWA, World Health Organization

Telenor to add 950 mobile sites in Bihar, Jharkhand

December 2015

Telecom operator Telenor said it will be adding 950 new mobile sites covering over 3,380 rural areas and upgrade the existing 3,235 sites in Bihar an...

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Experience and expertise

November 2015

Indus Towers, the world´s largest telecom tower company, has announced the appointment of Bimal Dayal as the Chief Executive Officer-Designate with i...

Tags: Indus Towers, Bimal Dayal, Telecom tower, BS Shantharaju, Ericsson, Qualcomm, BT Gloal, Hutchison, Telenor, Tata Telecom, O&M, Telecom infrastructure, Harvard Business School, Manage & Operate

Scaling NEW Heights

November 2015

Sharad Mehrotra has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telenor for the company´s India operations. Mehrotra will succeed Vivek So...

Tags: Sharad Mehrotra, Telenor Group, Vivek Sood, Telenor Myanmar, Uninor

Government of India approves 22 FDI proposals worth Rs 3,951 crore

September 2014

Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on August 1, 2014, the Government has approved 22 propo...

Tags: FDI, FIPB, Proposals, Approved, Telenor Mobile, Telecom, Netmagic

Telenor looks for merger with Indian companies

May 2013

Telenor, Norway's telecommunications company, has hinted that that it will look at mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with other mobile phone companies i...

Tags: Telenor, Norway, mergers and acquisitions, M&A rules