Organizational changes in Telenor Norway

(Fornebu, 5 March 2020) Telenor Norway is implementing organizational changes as part of its efforts to improve efficiency and modernize the company. Approximately 170 employees will become redundant as result of these changes. A large portion of these is located at Telenor Norway’s head office at Fornebu.

Telenor Norway has worked systematically over several years to increase operational efficiency, and ambitious goals have been set to offer quality, new technology and secure access to the services that matter most to customers.

¨We are in the midst of the biggest technological shift in recent times and are moving customers from old to future-oriented solutions. By 2023, we have replaced the traditional copper network with fiber and mobile networks, providing higher speed and improved operational reliability for our customers,” says Petter-Børre Furberg, CEO of Telenor Norway.

Increased digitalization of society means higher demands for quality of services and network robustness.

“To meet customer expectations, we already now need to change the way we work. Therefore, we are implementing organizational changes involving all divisions in Telenor Norway,” says Furberg.

Primarily, the organizational changes are aimed at making Telenor’s processes more customer-oriented, simplifying the way the company operates, strengthening collaboration across units, as well as reducing costs.

Today, our colleagues have been informed that we are downsizing our organization. In the time to come, our priority is to look after everyone in the best possible way and ensure a good follow-up of our employees,” says Petter-Børre Furberg

Employees who are not placed into a new organization will be offered severance agreements and job assistance.