Norwegian telco Telenor is unifying its IoT offerings across the Nordics and internationally.

The Nordic IoT portfolio and the global Telenor Connexion portfolio will be gathered under the brand Telenor IoT. Effective immediately, this will be offered from all Telenor business channels in the Nordics, internationally by Telenor Connexion and through selected partners.

As a part of introducing Telenor IoT, an operating model is being launched to leverage Telenor’s global competency, synchronise product development, accelerate the customer facing business and improve technical support. In doing so, Telenor is bringing together 200 full time IoT specialists, said to be the largest team for any Nordic IoT service provider.

Telenor will act as one united global IoT team with a uniform product portfolio and go-to-market strategy.

“The new operating model reinforces our competitive edge and makes our product portfolio easier to buy for any customer searching for world class IoT operation and platform capabilities,” said Mats Lundquist, CEO of Telenor Connexion and manager of Telenor IoT. “We are also getting scale benefits on new technology investments.”

The Telenor IoT offering will be supplied by specialists in 18 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

“The launch of Telenor IoT and unifying our IoT capabilities and competencies will make us better positioned to accelerate the digital future that will benefit customers, businesses and society,” said Jukka Leinonen, chairman of the Telenor Connexion board. “The steps we are taking now is the culmination of several months of intense collaboration between colleagues in Telenor’s Nordic telco businesses, Telenor Connexion and Telenor’s Nordic hub.”

With over 17 million connected devices active in more than 190 countries, Telenor provides IoT connectivity services. In 2019, Telenor was positioned as a leader in Gartner’s magic quadrant for managed IoT connectivity services worldwide. Today, Telenor ranks among the top ten IoT operators globally, and in the top three in Europe by volume. The company was one of the early pioneers in the IoT area and has long standing international customers such as Volvo, Scania, Verisure and Hitachi.

Telenor Connexion is the specialised IoT company within Telenor. Building on more than 20 years of experience, Telenor Connexion provides global IoT connectivity and cloud services to enterprises with large fleets of connected devices as well as third-party service providers. With headquarters and tech centre in Sweden, the company has regional sales representation in the UK, USA, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Japan.

Telenor Group is a telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 182 million customers and annual sales of around $14bn.