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Telenor

Telenor is a major telecommunications operator serving Europe and Asia.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and

8 Jan 2026 · Challenges facing the telecoms sector, EU competition and regulatory policy

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

19 Sept 2025 · Internal market measures in the telecommunications sector

Telenor supports regulatory overhaul to boost EU digital infrastructure investment

11 Jul 2025
Topic — The consultation explores policies to enhance secure, high-speed, and resilient digital connectivity.
Message — Telenor supports simplifying rules and removing outdated obligations in corporate digital markets. They propose repealing the ePrivacy Directive to reduce asymmetric regulatory burdens. They advocate for a minimum forty-year duration for mobile spectrum licenses.12
Why — This would lower their operational overhead and secure long-term rights to essential spectrum.3
Impact — Large content providers would lose bargaining power under new binding dispute resolution processes.4
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Telenor Proposes Sovereign Cloud Framework Prioritizing Telecom Infrastructure Roles

3 Jul 2025
Topic — The consultation addresses the Cloud and AI Development Act to boost European infrastructure.
Message — Telenor proposes a risk-based framework for defining EU sovereign cloud for sensitive workloads. They call for harmonised EU-level definitions of critical workloads and sovereignty criteria. Additionally, they request recognition of telecom operators as key enablers of edge cloud.123
Why — The company would secure a dominant role in government procurement and funding cycles.4
Impact — Non-EU hyperscalers would face strict isolation requirements to prevent third-country data access.5
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Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

24 Jun 2025 · EU innovation agenda and Telenor activities

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and CENTR - Council of European Top Level Domain Registries

25 Feb 2025 · Digital Infrastructure

Telenor urges urgent EU regulatory reform to boost investment

28 Jun 2024
Topic — The consultation seeks views on scenarios for mastering Europe's digital infrastructure needs.
Message — Telenor calls for an urgent reform of the EU regulatory framework to improve investment incentives and industrial competitiveness. They request a new approach to merger controls that prioritizes long-term quality over short-term consumer prices. Additionally, they seek a binding mechanism to resolve disputes between network operators and large content providers.123
Why — This would allow the company to consolidate markets and improve its financial returns.45
Impact — Large tech companies would lose leverage in negotiations and face new transparency requirements.6
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Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Nokia and

28 Feb 2023 · Discussion on the AIA

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and Google and

26 Feb 2023 · Participant at EIF-GSMA Roundtable discussion: "‘Connecting Europe to its 2030 Digital Decade Targets’"

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament) and Nokia and

11 Jan 2023 · Event

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

10 Oct 2022 · The future of connectivity infrastructure

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Jun 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 Apr 2022 · Endorsing the Joint statement on Roaming and International calls between EU and Ukraine

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

2 Feb 2021 · Future of telecom industry

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and

25 Jan 2021 · Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and Telefonica, S.A. and

2 Dec 2019 · Meeting with CEOs in the Telecom sector

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and Confederation of Danish Industry and

6 Nov 2018 · DSM general, eCommerce, data, copyright

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

19 Sept 2018 · e-privacy

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

7 Mar 2018 · Western Balkans Digital Agenda

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

6 Mar 2018 · Smart cities, job creation, data protection

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

26 Feb 2018 · Code, ePrivacy, Net neutrality

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

12 Oct 2017 · ECC ; EPR ; 5G ; Arificial Intelligence

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

27 Feb 2017 · 5G, roaming, spectrum, investment consolidation

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

25 Apr 2016 · Telco framework review

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

18 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Jon Nyman (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

5 Mar 2015 · Trade and investment challanges for telecoms industry in Asia

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and Telefonica, S.A. and

3 Mar 2015 · DSM, TSM

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

21 Jan 2015 · Digital Economy and Society

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

15 Jan 2015 · Telecoms Single Market