Stockholm, May 11, 2026 – Telenor Group has been recognised as a Leader amongst eighteen managed IoT service providers in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide report. This is the ninth time in a row Telenor Group has been listed in the research.*
Commenting on the report, Mats Lundquist, CEO of Telenor Connexion, says: “Our success stems from a blend of personal service, strategic focus, and rapid innovation. Over the past year, we commercially launched SGP.32 SIMs as well as our IoT Drive service for the automotive sector. We are driving AI innovation, with proprietary monitoring and optimization of more than 30 million global IoT connections and our AI Factory is ready to support secure, local IoT AI workloads. Together, these capabilities ensure we stay ahead of our customers’ needs, today and in the future.”
Gartner describes companies in the Leaders quadrant as: “Leaders invest in the future of IoT that includes a continuum of value from IoT edge devices to IoT platforms and related analytics and AI capabilities. Leaders perform skillfully and often exceed expectations. They have a clear vision of the market’s direction and develop competencies to maintain their leadership. Leaders engage customers and typically provide value across multiple geographies. They shape the market rather than follow it, and they often set the benchmark for market growth. Leaders generally have the size and scale (for example, operations, sales and marketing, formal bid, and product management) to pursue large panregional and multinational opportunities for IoT connectivity. They have established a robust and diverse ecosystem of technology alliances and service delivery partnerships spanning IT, OT and IoT to meet broad market requirements.”
*The report was previously titled as Magic Quadrant for Managed M2M Services, Worldwide and was renamed in 2019 as the current one.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide, Kameron Chao, Pablo Arriandiaga Et Al., 4 May 2026.
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Cristoff Martin
CMO, Telenor Connexion
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