Telenor Pakistan: Twenty years of changing the game for Pakistan’s digital future 31 December 2025 Telenor Pakistan’s journey began in 2004 with a bold vision: democratise mobile access for every Pakistani. For over 20 years, Telenor Pakistan has transformed Pakistani society and fuelled the country’s digital transition through life-changing mobile connectivity and digital services.
Beyond Safety: How CelcomDigi Is Redefining Well-Being at Work 4 July 2025 For mobile network operators, health and safety has traditionally focused on physical safety—helmets, harnesses, and hazard signs. But for CelcomDigi, Malaysia’s largest telcom company, Health & Safety has undergone a meaningful evolution. No longer a side conversation, mental health and wellbeing is a key part of the company’s strategy to…
Building Leaders in an AI-powered World 21 April 2025 It has never been more exciting or challenging time to be a business leader than in today’s fast-paced, AI-powered world. The business environment is evolving rapidly, with new technologies, geopolitical tensions, and different generational perspectives all coming into play. For Kulnapa “KC” Chanachompoo, Director of Competency Development at Telenor Asia,…
A leap of faith into the frontline 7 March 2025 A newscaster turned retail head, a research veteran turned regional sales leader, and a finance manager turned product lead; Sujitra Amitrapai from True Corporation (Thailand), Bushra Mehreen from Grameenphone (Bangladesh), and Ivy Chew from CelcomDigi (Malaysia) have one thing in common: They have made career transitions into new and unfamiliar…
Building a Trusted Fence Around the Cloud 13 February 2025 When Telenor was looking for a new data centre and could not find a provider that met its security requirements, it partnered with power company Hafslund and leading renewable energy investor HitecVision to build its own. Together, the three partners are investing USD 215 million (NOK 2.4 billion) to build…
From a struggling challenger to a top performer 15 November 2024 Grameenphone’s first female Circle Business Head, Samrine Bokhari, traded a comfortable management role for an operational role at the front line. With her people first approach and winning mindset, she has turned her cluster into a top performer within two years. …
On A Mission Against Scams in Malaysia 7 October 2024 As Malaysian society embraces new opportunities brought about by technology advances, the urgency to protect consumers from even more sophisticated online scams becomes even more critical. As Telenor marks 25 years in Malaysia, we speak with Philip Ling, Head of Sustainability and Data Privacy at CelcomDigi, a Telenor associated company,…
Turning personal hardship into social activism 6 September 2024 Sumita Rabidas is passionate about uplifting the quality of life for minorities and advocating for their human rights. She produces community radio programmes that educate marginalised communities on a variety of topics including digital skills to improve their livelihoods.
Connecting Pakistan through the Sun 16 August 2024 Pakistan’s energy sector faces significant challenges with frequent load shedding and power shortages. At times, these shortages can be drastic. For example, a country-wide power outage in January 2023 saw 45,000 telecom towers inoperable, cutting off connectivity in many parts of Pakistan, which is essential for millions of people to…
Reducing wildlife conflicts with connectivity 4 June 2024 In this rapidly digitalised world, reducing human-wildlife conflicts also demand new and innovative solutions. Existing measures such as electric fences and trenches have not been able to solve this pressing issue and conservationists are now turning to technology to address this challenge. …
Tackling broad and complex Scope 3 emissions step-by-step 12 April 2024 At Telenor Group, over 60% of our carbon emissions, also commonly known as Scope 3 emissions, stem from the supply chain. Given the importance of reducing supply chain emissions in our global net zero journey, the Telenor Procurement Company (TPC) – which oversees Group-wide procurement – engaged with Telenor’s suppliers…
Collaborating behind the scenes helps connect more Telcos to the digital universe, says Telenor Linx 22 December 2023 With more and more Telco groups focused on building scale, are partnerships crucial for Telcos to stay competitive? Telenor Linx believes so. We spoke to experts from Telenor Linx, a new global unit born out of Telenor Global Services (TGS) and Telenor Digital (TD), to understand why.
Energy challenge from Asia’s fast-rising data usage calls for new thinking, says Telenor Asia’s head of tech 5 December 2023 In Asia, mobile data usage doubles every two to three years. And Telenor Asia’s Digital Lives Decoded 2023 report shows 70% of people in the region expect their usage to continue growing. At the same time, the impact of climate change is tragically apparent in the region, with record heatwaves…
Can Asia get ahead of the AI race? We asked an expert who advises the EU and heads AI research at Telenor 4 October 2023 Where is artificial intelligence (AI) headed in Asia? We spoke to Ieva Martinkenaite to find out. She is Head of Telenor Research and Innovation, represented Telenor in the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on AI and was among key industry leaders in Norway establishing the Norwegian Open AI-lab.
Explosive IoT growth in APAC will transform government, businesses and telcos says Telenor IoT’s Seth Ryding 14 August 2023 We spoke to Seth Ryding, Chief Global Sales Officer at Telenor IoT to understand what will power the explosive growth of IoT deployment in the region, how businesses can stay ahead of the change, and what role connectivity providers will play.
Industrial internet users increasingly rely on telecom-tech orchestrators, says Telenor Asia business and partnerships chief 7 July 2023 Telenor Asia recently closed the two largest telecom mergers in Southeast Asia. These mega-deals come at a time of rapid transformation in the region: fast-growing data usage, billions of connected devices, and the rise of new technologies such as 5G and machine learning.
