The History of Telenor IoT
For two decades, we have worked with leading enterprises such as Volvo Cars, Scania, Hitachi Construction Machinery and Husqvarna to deploy innovative IoT solutions across the globe.
1990's
Telenor pioneers M2M communications with things connected over the GSM network.
2003
First large-scale partnerships with Volvo and Verisure Securitas Direct.
2008
Telenor Connexion becomes a separate corporate entity focused on M2M, becoming the first operator to develop and launch an industrial IoT platform.
2008
The Telenor Connexion solderable eSIM patent is approved.
2010
Our first North American hub is opened in The US and our first APAC hub is set up in Japan.
2011
Connectivity management platform divested to Ericsson.
2014
Managed IoT Cloud services launched.
2018
Ranked as a top 10 IoT operator globally managing more than 10 million connected things.
2018
Named Advanced Technology Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network.
2019
Telenor Group recognised as a global leader in managed IoT connectivity services by Gartner.
2019
Telenor Connexion achieves ISO 27001 certification.
2020
Extension of global IoT subscription into restricted countries (eUICC).
2021
Telenor IoT is launched. Telenor unifies its IoT offering across the Nordics and internationally.
2021
Telenor surpasses managing 17 million connected things on a global scale.
2022
Telenor surpasses managing 20 million connected things on a global scale.
