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Telenor Opens First Commercial 5G Network in Norway

Telenor’s commercial 5G network opens where we, until now, have been running across the country, which will reduce the
today in nine different cities and villages tests. As of today, Telenor customers vulnerability of an increasingly digitized
across Norway, making Telenor the first with a 5G device will at these locations society,” says Helleland. For the past two
mobile operator in the country to offer be able to connect to the mobile network years, Telenor has focused on learning
5G to customers. “Telenor is proud to of the future,” says Petter-Børre Furberg, as much as possible about the qualities
be the first mobile operator to launch CEO of Telenor Norway. Linda Hofstad of the new mobile network before making
a commercial 5G network in Norway, Helleland, Norway’s Minister of Regional it available to the public. This is done to
as we have worked tirelessly to stay at Development and Digitalization, is pleased ensure that customers receive optimal
the forefront of the 5G development. By that 5G, which is crucial for Norwegian 5G quality. Now that the 5G network has
bringing Norway into a new technological value creation and digitization, is now officially opened, Telenor is emphasizing
age, today’s opening marks another commercially available. “Norway has some that this is just the beginning of what is yet
milestone in Telenor’s 165-year-long of the world's fastest mobile networks, to come. “We have worked hard to become
history. We expect 5G to be the key and with 5G, they become faster and even the first mobile operator in Norway to open
driver of transformation in this decade, more reliable. Given the current situation in the 5G network, and are now fully focused
and we are very much looking forward Norway, we see how important the digital on our continued plans. During 2021, we
to continuing the roll-out of 5G to our infrastructure is for those quarantined and will upgrade close to 2,000 base stations,
customers,” says Sigve Brekke, President those working from home. The new 5G while a total of 8,500 base stations will
and CEO of Telenor Group. It was intended network will provide better mobile coverage be upgraded within the next four to five
that the official opening of Norway’s first and gradually better access to broadband years,” Furberg concludes.
commercial 5G network would take place
in the country’s tech capital of Trondheim.
Due to the current situation with COVID-19,
Telenor has decided to cancel the event
and instead host the opening as a virtual
video conference. “This is a day we have
been looking forward to for a long time.
We launched our first 5G pilot as early
as 2018, and since then we have been
experimenting and exploring, trying to
learn as much as we possibly can. Today,
we are not only opening our 5G network in
the city of Trondheim, we are also opening
the very first commercial 5G network in
Norway. In addition, we are making 5G
commercially available in all locations

Mobileum's Integrated Fraud and Security Platform Selected by STC

Mobileum announced that Saudi Telecom required an innovative system that could feeds, real-time analytics, and automated
Company (STC) has chosen its Active secure its network and subscribers from actions. Through the use of these enhanced
Intelligence Platform. The solution fraud and security attacks due in part to data sources, along with advanced AI/
provides an integrated approach for the rapid growth and complexity brought ML capabilities, STC is now able to more
detecting and reducing telecom fraud and on by 5G. Together, Mobileum and STC accurately and quickly detect instances of
security issues on STC’s 5G network. STC were able to significantly improve the rate fraud, said Mobileum. Bassam Madi, SVP
was the first to launch a live 5G network in which telecom fraud cases are detected. and GM, Middles East & Africa, Mobileum
in the Middle East, with commercial 5G This shared venture also opens new said,"Our work with STC has allowed us to
services in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and ground for a joint security and counter- analyze their market to better understand
Bahrain. While STC sees an exciting future fraud framework. The Mobileum solution their needs. We then developed a solution
with 5G, it also understands that with these expands the universe of identifiable fraud to provide the real-time protection STC
advances come complexities that require a use cases by utilizing a new approach for needs to address today’s quickly evolving
wireless network that is resilient, secure, detecting SIP and SS7 fraud that takes fraud and security threats."
and able to protect individual privacy. STC into consideration a wider range of data

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