Telenor Group to create jobs on becoming telecom operator

Norway-based Telenor Group aims to create jobs for locals if they have the permission as telecommunication operator, Mr. Sigve Brekke, Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Operations said.

The group is currently working as mobile operator of Thailand, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are among 12 companies who have been called for tender by Myanmar Posts and Telecommunication (MPT) and the group is intended to invest to start quickly on modernizing telecommunication network in Myanmar if they have the telecommunication license by MPT. They will give out free SIM cards and charge the local call only 20 K per minute, he added.

He continued, “If we have the license, we will appoint locals 99 per cent of the workforce. Myanmar telecommunication industry has been interested by the international firms and job opportunities will be abundant.”

The telecommunication group is based in Norway, with its headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo, the Norwegian capital.

Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand. Its 203 million subscribers made it one of the largest mobile phone operators in the world.

Source: Eleven Weekly Media

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