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{{Short description|Swedish multinational telecommunication provider}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Telia Company AB
| logo = Telia Company logo 2022.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| image = Mall of Scandinavia 2016.jpg
| image_caption = Telia headquarters in Mall of Scandinavia, [[Solna]], Stockholm
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{OMX|SSE5095|TELIA}}|{{OMX|HEX24381|TELIA1}}|[[OMX Stockholm 30]]}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|2002|12}}
| location = [[Solna, Stockholm]], Sweden
| area_served = Europe
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Patrik Hofbauer]]<br />(president and [[chief executive officer|CEO]])|Lars-Johan Jarnheimer<br />([[chairman of the board]])}}
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
| products = {{ubl|[[Mobile telephony]]|[[Internet service provider|Internet access]]|[[Landline|fixed-line communications]]|[[IT hosting]]}}
| revenue = [[Swedish krona|SEK]] 88.561 billion<br />[[EUR|€]]7.712 billion (2023)<ref name=Telia> {{Cite web |title= Financial overview |url= https://www.teliacompany.com/en/articles/financial-overview|website=www.teliacompany.com}}</ref>
| operating_income = SEK 4.980 billion<br />€434 million (2023)<ref name=Telia/>
| net_income = SEK 0.897 billion<br />€78 million (2023)<ref name=Telia/>
| num_employees = 20,800 <ref name="annualreports.teliacompany.com">{{Cite web |title=and Sustainability Report 2019 |url=https://annualreports.teliacompany.com/en/2019/"Annual}}</ref>
| subsid = {{ubl|Telia Sverige | Telia Finland | [[Telia Norge]] | [[Telia Eesti]] | [[Telia Lietuva]] | Telia Finance<ref name="annualreports.teliacompany.com" />}}
| owner = [[Government of Sweden]] (39.5%)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shareholdings as of March 31, 2020 |url=https://annualreports.teliacompany.com/en/2019/}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nasdaq.com/article/finlands-solidium-sells-telia-stake-for-51-bln-sek-20180208-00116 Finland's Solidium sells Telia stake for 5.1 bln SEK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320173527/https://www.nasdaq.com/article/finlands-solidium-sells-telia-stake-for-51-bln-sek-20180208-00116 |date=20 March 2018 }}</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|teliacompany.com}}
}}
[[File:Telia_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Telia [[shared services center]] in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]]]

'''Telia Company AB''' is a Swedish [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[telecommunications]] company and [[mobile network operator]] present in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Telia used to own [[TV4 Media]] which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in Finland, and [[C More Entertainment]] after acquiring them in 2019. Telia sold TV4 Media to Schibsted in 2025 for 6.55 Million Kronor.

The company is headquartered in [[Solna]] and its stock is traded on the [[Stockholm Stock Exchange]] and on the [[Helsinki Stock Exchange]].

The company has been linked to corruption scandals in its dealings with the regimes in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.<ref name="ester" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Ismayilova |first=Khadija |date=2014-07-15 |title=TeliaSonera's Behind-The-Scenes Connection To Azerbaijani President's Daughters |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/teliasonera-azerbaijan-aliyev-corruption-investigation-occrp/25457907.html}}</ref> Telia's bribery scandal in relation to the [[Ilham Aliyev]] regime in Azerbaijan has been described as "possibly the largest bribery in Swedish history."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Offshores Close to President Paid Nothing for State Share of Telecom - Corruptistan |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/corruptistan/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-telecom/offshores-paid-nothing-for-share-of-state-telecom |website=OCCRP |language=en |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102163914/https://www.occrp.org/en/corruptistan/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-telecom/offshores-paid-nothing-for-share-of-state-telecom |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Telia Company in its current form was first established as TeliaSonera, as the result of a 2002 [[Mergers and acquisitions|merger]] between the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, '''Telia''' and '''Sonera'''. This merger followed three years after Telia's failed merger attempt with [[Norway|Norwegian]] telecommunications company [[Telenor]], now its chief competitor in the Nordic countries.

Before [[privatisation]], Telia was a state telephone [[monopoly]]. Sonera, on the other hand, had a monopoly only on [[Trunking|trunk network]] calls, while most (c. 75%) of local telecommunication was provided by [[utility cooperative|telephone cooperative]]s. The separate brands Telia and Sonera continued to be used in the Swedish and Finnish markets respectively until March 2017, when Sonera was rebranded to Telia. Of the [[share (finance)|stock]], 39.5% (31 March 2020) is owned by the [[Government of Sweden|Swedish government]], and the rest by institutions, companies, and private investors worldwide. The [[Government of Finland|Finnish government]] (through [[Solidium]]) divested from Telia Company in February 2018, when it sold its remaining 3.2% stake.

===Telia===
{{See also|Televerket (Sweden)}}
The Swedish '''Kungl. Telegrafverket''' (literally: ''Royal Telegraph Agency'') was founded in 1853, when the first electric [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] line was established between Stockholm and [[Uppsala]]. [[Allmänna Telefon]] found an equipment supplier in Lars Magnus [[Ericsson]]. In this early competition, Telegrafverket with its brand '''Rikstelefon''' was a latecomer. However, by securing a national monopoly on [[long-distance operator|long-distance telephone]] lines, it was able with time to control and take over the local networks of quickly growing private telephone companies.

A [[de facto]] telephone monopoly position was reached around 1920, and never needed legal sanction. In 1953 the name was modernised to '''Televerket.''' On 1 July 1992, this huge government agency's regulating functions was split off into the [[Swedish Post and Telecom Authority]] ({{langx|sv|Post- och telestyrelsen}}, PTS), with similar functions as the [[Federal Communications Commission]] of the United States. The operation of the state radio and TV broadcast network was spun off into a company named [[Teracom]]. On 1 July 1993, the remaining telephone and mobile network operator was transformed into a government-owned shareholding company, named '''Telia AB.''' At the height of the [[dot-com bubble]], on 13 June 2000, close to one-third of Telia's shares were introduced on the [[Stockholm Stock Exchange]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In the 1980s, Televerket was a pioneering mobile network operator with the [[Nordic Mobile Telephone|NMT]] system, followed in the 1990s by [[GSM]]. Private competition in analogue mobile phone systems had already broken the telephone monopoly, and the growing [[internet]] allowed more opportunities for competitors. The most important of Telia's Swedish competitors in these areas has been [[Tele2]]. When PTS awarded four licenses for the [[3G|3rd generation]] mobile networks in December 2000, Telia was not among the winners, but later established an agreement to build a 3G network jointly with Tele2 using Tele2's licence. [[SUNAB]] was founded as the jointly owned company that would in turn build, own and operate the joint 3G network. In December 2018, Telia in cooperation with [[Ericsson]] launched Sweden's first 5G network at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in [[Stockholm]].<ref>KP Krishna, Previewtech. "[https://previewtech.net/5g-launch-verizon-sweden-south-korea-2342/ Telia and Ericsson launch 5G Network in Sweden KTH Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528184803/https://previewtech.net/5g-launch-verizon-sweden-south-korea-2342/ |date=28 May 2023 }}." 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.</ref>

===Sonera===
[[File:Sonera-piste-2-krs.jpg|thumb|Sonera's former sales point]]
The history of [[Sonera]] dates back to 1917, when [[Suomen Lennätinlaitos]] (Finnish Telegraph Agency) was founded. In 1927, the telegraph agency was merged with the Finnish Post to form a new agency, Post and Telegraph Agency. This agency governed all long distance and international calls until 1994, when competitors were allowed to enter the Finnish market. In the same year, the Post and Telegraph Agency was divided to form two companies, [[Suomen Posti Oy]] (Finnish Post), and [[Telecom Finland Oy]]. Telecom Finland changed its name to Sonera in 1998, and went on to merge with Telia in 2002, forming TeliaSonera.

===After the merger of Telia and Sonera===
[[File:Sonera.svg|thumb|Former Sonera logo 2011-2017]]
[[File:Telia Company Logo.svg|thumb|Former logo until 2022]]
During the run-up to the [[2006 Swedish general election|2006 general election]] the Swedish liberal-conservative [[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]] stated as one of its policy aims to reduce government ownership in commercial entities, and specifically to sell its stake in TeliaSonera. The Alliance went on to win the election and formed a [[coalition government]]. After the merger with Sonera, the Swedish State held 46% of the shares and with parliamentary approval the government sold down to 37.3%. 

On 16 March 2011, the Alliance administration lost a parliamentary vote on sale of publicly owned commercial entities, including TeliaSonera, when a coalition of all opposition parties — the [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]], [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]], [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] and [[Sweden Democrats]] — united against the Alliance.<ref>[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=4405131 Försäljning av statliga bolag stoppas] Sveriges Radio, 16 March 2011</ref>

In the beginning of 2008, TeliaSonera announced measures to save nearly 500 million [[euros]] which would include 2,900 redundancies: 2,000 from Sweden and 900 from Finland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TeliaSonera Strike Postponed |url=http://www.yle.fi/news/id83627.html |access-date=17 July 2015 |website=Yle Uutiset}}</ref> France Télécom (now [[Orange S.A.]]) proposed a 33 [[1,000,000,000|billion]] euro acquisition offer for TeliaSonera on 5 June 2008, which was promptly rejected by the company's board.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 June 2008 |title=France Telecom improves offer for TeliaSonera |work=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |publisher=BNET |url=http://resources.bnet.com/topic/france+telecom+and+teliasonera.html |access-date=26 April 2009}}</ref>

Further divestment of TeliaSonera was presented to the parliament after the 2010 election, at which the Alliance lost its majority but stayed on as a minority administration.

On 12 April 2016, the company changed its name to Telia Company, dropping the Sonera part, rebranding the company to aid recovery after bribery and money laundering allegations.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=TeliaSonera propose to change its name to Telia Company |date=7 March 2016 |publisher=Telia Company |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/news-articles/2016/teliasonera-proposes-to-change-its-name-to-telia-company/ |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>

On 20 July 2018, Telia Company announced the acquisition proposal of [[TV4 Media|Bonnier Broadcasting Group]] from [[Bonnier Group]] for 9.2 billion [[Swedish krona|SEK]] (roughly $1 billion), thus owning [[TV4 AB]] (commercial television broadcaster in Sweden), [[MTV Oy]] (commercial television broadcaster in Finland) and [[C More Entertainment]] (pan-Nordic operator of premium television channels).<ref name="18JUL20-Reuters-TeliaAnnouncement">{{Cite news |last1=Soderpalm |first1=Helena |last2=Swahnberg |first2=Olof |date=20 July 2018 |title=Sweden's Telia expands media business with $1 billion deal for Bonnier Broadcasting |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-telia-bonnier/swedens-telia-expands-media-business-with-1-billion-deal-for-bonnier-broadcasting-idUSKBN1KA0HI |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Clover |first=Julian |date=20 July 2018 |title=Telia buys Bonnier Broadcasting |language=en |work=Broadband TV News |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018/07/20/telia-buys-bonnier-broadcasting/ |access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Telia Company acquires Bonnier Broadcasting |date=20 July 2018 |publisher=Telia Company |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/7/telia-company-acquires-bonnier-broadcasting/ |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Bonnier AB Sells Bonnier Broadcasting to Telia |date=20 July 2018 |publisher=[[Bonnier AB]] |url=https://www.bonnier.com/en/pressreleases/bonnier-sells-broadcasting |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215245/https://www.bonnier.com/en/pressreleases/bonnier-sells-broadcasting |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[European Commission]] approved the deal on 12 November 2019 with certain conditions,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Foo |first1=Yun Chee |last2=Soderpalm |first2=Helena |date=12 November 2019 |title=EU clears Telia's $957 million Swedish TV deal with Bonnier |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bonnier-m-a-telia-company-eu/eu-clears-with-conditions-telias-957-million-bid-for-bonnier-idUSKBN1XM1DB |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Shannon |title=Telia completes Bonnier takeover |language=en-us |work=C21media |issue=14 November 2019 |url=https://www.c21media.net/telia-completes-bonnier-takeover/ |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> and the acquisition was completed on 2 December that year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Stuart |date=2 December 2019 |title=Telia completes Bonnier Broadcasting acquisition |language=en |work=Digital TV Europe |publisher=[[Informa]] |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/12/02/telia-completes-bonnier-broadcasting-acquisition/ |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

Ahead of the completion of Bonnier Broadcasting deal, the Telia Company nomination committee proposed on 20 October 2019, that [[Marie Ehrling]] be succeeded by Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, the former [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Tele2]] until 2008, and then-chair of [[Egmont Group|Egmont Media]], as the company's board chair.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ringstrom |first=Anna |date=20 October 2019 |title=Telia proposes new chairman as pursues TV expansion |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/telia-group-chairman/telia-proposes-new-chairman-as-pursues-tv-expansion-idUSL5N2750NM |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> The proposal was approved on 26 November that year, following the [[extraordinary general meeting]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pham |first=Manny |date=26 November 2019 |title=Telia approves replacement for chair Ehrling |language=en |work=Mobile World Live |publisher=[[GSMA|GSM Association]] |url=https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/telia-approves-replacement-for-chair-ehrling/ |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> Meanwhile, on 24 October, Telia Company appointed [[Allison Kirkby]], the former CEO of Tele2 from 2015 until 2018 and then went on to become the president and CEO of [[TDC A/S|TDC]], as the company's new president and CEO. Kirkby assumed office on 4 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hellstrom |first=Johannes |date=25 October 2019 |title=Sweden's Telia appoints TDC head Kirkby as new CEO |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/telia-ceo/swedens-telia-appoints-tdc-head-kirkby-as-new-ceo-idUSL5N27A0SK |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dziadul |first=Chris |date=25 October 2019 |title=Allison Kirkby to head Telia |language=en |work=Broadband TV News |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019/10/25/allison-kirkby-to-head-telia/ |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

On 6 October 2020, Telia Company agreed to sell its [[Internet backbone]] unit [[Telia Carrier]] to Polhem Infra for roughly US$1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daly |first=Charles |date=6 October 2020 |title=Telia Strikes $1 Billion Deal to Sell Carrier Unit to Polhem |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-06/telia-strikes-1-billion-deal-to-sell-carrier-business-to-polhem |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> The sale was completed on 1 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2021 |title=Deal closed: Polhem Infra acquires Telia Carrier from Telia Group |url=https://www.carlsquare.com/deal-closed-polhem-infra-acquires-telia-carrier-from-telia-group/ |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=Carlsquare Corporate Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 25 February 2025, Telia announced that it was selling its media division to  {{ill|Schibsted Media|no|Schibsted Media}} in order to focus on its consumer division, the sale is scheduled to be completed by Q3 2025, pending regulatory approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/tv4-mtv-telia-schibsted-media-1236319691/|title=TV4 Sweden and MTV Finland to Change Hands From Telia to Schibsted Media|work=Variety|date=2025-02-25|first=Annika|last=Pham}}</ref>

==Operations==
Telia Company is the largest [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] and [[Baltic countries|Baltic]] fixed-voice, [[broadband]], and mobile operator by revenue and customer base. It also owns a TV-media operation which includes TV4 in Sweden and MTV in Finland as well as C More.

Telia mobile telephone business in Europe:
*Leader company - [[Sweden]], [[Estonia]] and [[Lithuania]]
*Second company - [[Finland]] and [[Norway]]

===Estonia===
Telia Company owns 100% of [[Eesti Telekom]]. Eesti Telekom is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the Baltic countries and the largest telecommunications company in Estonia. TeliaSonera and the Estonian government reached a deal over the sale of Eesti Telekom in September 2009. On 20 January 2016, Eesti Telekom switched its name to [[Telia Eesti]].

===Finland===
[[File:Telia Dixi.jpg|thumb|A Telia Finland store in [[Tikkurila]], [[Vantaa]]]]
'''Telia Finland''' is the second largest mobile operator in Finland and also one of the biggest providers of landline telephone and internet services. 
Before the rebranding on 23 March 2017, Telia was known in Finland under the brands of Sonera and Tele Finland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kohti uusia yhteyksiä - Yhteistyö - Telia |url=https://www.telia.fi/uusi-yhteys |access-date=9 September 2018 |website=www.telia.fi |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020164024/https://www.telia.fi/uusi-yhteys |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 1999, Sonera became the world's first mobile operator to launch mobile Internet services via [[Wireless Application Protocol]] (WAP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SONERA THE FIRST OPERATOR IN THE WORLD TO LAUNCH WAP SERVICE |url=http://www.wapforum.org/new/Sonera_1999_09_01.htm |access-date=9 September 2019 |website=www.wapforum.org}}</ref>

Since 2014, Telia Finland and [[DNA Oyj]] have jointly deployed a [[Telecom infrastructure sharing|shared]] 4G LTE network using the 800&nbsp;MHz (LTE Band 20) "[[Digital dividend after digital television transition#Europe|digital dividend]]" band in remote Northern and Eastern Finland under the ''Suomen Yhteisverkko Oy'' [[joint venture]]. Telia Finland owns 51% of ''Suomen Yhteisverkko Oy''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is - Finnish Shared Network |url=https://yhteisverkko.fi/en/suomen-yhteisverkko/ |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=Suomen Yhteisverkko}}</ref>

===Latvia===
Telia Company owns 49% of [[Latvian Mobile Telephone|LMT]] (24.5% as Telia Company AB and 24.5% as [[Sonera Holding]] B.V.) and 49% of [[Tet (company)|Tet]], which owns 23% of [[LMT (company)|LMT]]. Telia Latvija, a business cable operator and data centre operator, was sold to [[Tet (company)|Tet]].

On July 15, 2025, Government of Latvia announced that they plan to buy out [[Telia Company]]'s shares of both LMT and [[Tet (company)|Tet]] with help from [[Latvenergo]] and Latvian State Radio and Television Centre (LVRTC), to make both companies state-owned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latvian state wants to buy out Telia's stakes in two telecoms companies |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/15.07.2025-latvian-state-wants-to-buy-out-telias-stakes-in-two-telecoms-companies.a606911/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en}}</ref> Telia confirmed the sale on July 17 by signing a memorandum of understanding with Latvia, Latvenergo and LVRTC, with the transaction expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swedish Telia, Latvia agree on Tet, LMT shares purchase |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/18.07.2025-swedish-telia-latvia-agree-on-tet-lmt-shares-purchase.a607232/ |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Telia Company signs MoU to divest Latvian operations |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/press-releases/telia-company-signs-mou-to-divest-latvian-operations-2025-07-17-16-15-00 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=www.teliacompany.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Lithuania===
TeliaSonera owns 88.15% of [[Telia Lietuva]] (Teo LT until 2017), the largest landline phone operator in [[Lithuania]], which recently purchased [[Omnitel Lietuva|Omnitel]], one of largest mobile network operators there. It was previously owned by TeliaSonera group.

In October 2015, TeliaSonera announced the merger of Teo and Omnitel, through the acquisition of Omnitel by Teo.

On 1 February 2017, Omnitel and Teo merged under the name of "[[Telia Lietuva]]".

===Norway===
In Norway, Telia first entered after the de-regulation in 1998 as a virtual supplier of fixed telephone and Internet services. This was sold to [[Enitel]] during the merger attempt with Telenor, but Telia re-entered in 2000 with the purchase of one of the two mobile network operators, [[NetCom (Norway)|NetCom]]. In 2006 it also bought the virtual mobile provider [[Chess Communication]].

On 1 March 2016, NetCom changed its name to [[Telia Norge]].

In July 2018, Telia acquired [[Get AS]] and TDC Norway for $2.6 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 July 2018 |title=Telia puts pressure on Telenor with $2.6 billion Norwegian expansion |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-telia-tdc-norway-acquisition/telia-puts-pressure-on-telenor-with-2-6-billion-norwegian-expansion-idUSKBN1K70E0}}</ref>

===Sweden===
[[File:Telefonautomat 2013.jpg|thumb|150px|Swedish Telia payphone]]
In Sweden, Telia Company operates under the consumer brands Telia and its lower-cost [[fighter brand|flanker brands]] '''Halebop''' and '''Fello'''. On the business side, Skanova Access and Cygate are also used. Telia Sverige is currently the largest mobile phone operator in Sweden, both in terms of revenue and customer base.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sweden 2019 - Results |url=https://www.connect-testlab.com/sweden-2019-results |access-date=9 September 2019 |website=CONNECT-TESTLAB.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Main competitors include [[Tele2]], [[Telenor Sverige|Telenor]], [[3 (telecommunications)#Denmark and Sweden|3]], [[Allente]] and [[Boxer TV Access|Boxer]].

==Former operations==
[[File:TeliaSonera global activities.png|thumb|350px|Telia global activities]]

===Afghanistan===
In July 2020, Telia Company announced it has divested its 12.25% share in the Afghan [[Roshan (telco)]] cellphone network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shareholders |url=http://www.roshan.af/Roshan/About_Roshan/Shareholders.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706093349/http://roshan.af/Roshan/About_Roshan/Shareholders.aspx |archive-date=6 July 2014 |access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

===Azerbaijan===
On 15 May 2010, after [[Azercell]] went through rebranding, it joined the network of TeliaSonera. On 5 March 2018, Telia confirmed they have sold their stake in Azercell.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Telia sells Azercell stake in gradual exit from Eurasia|work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-telia-company-azerbaijan-divestment/telia-sells-azercell-stake-in-gradual-exit-from-eurasia-idUSKBN1GH1FO |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

===Cambodia===
TeliaSonera purchased a majority stake in Star-Cell in 2008 which was the number four player in the market at that time. By 2010 it exited Cambodia after a $100 million write down and collapse in subscriber numbers. It was subsequently taken over by a more dominant competitor Smart Mobile.

===Denmark===
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In Denmark, Telia Company operated a mobile operator (Telia), a [[mobile virtual network operator]] (Call Me), and a broadband supplier (Telia). The company started in 1995, the result of a merger between Telia Stofa and TeliaSonera. In 2014, Telia and Telenor announced their plan to merge and create a 50/50 joint-venture, but this fell through in 2015 after failed negotiations with the EU regulators.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-09-11 |title=TeliaSonera and Telenor fail to get Danish merger approved |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/teliasonera-telenor-denmark-idUSL5N11H0IU20150911 |access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref> The two companies do operate a 50/50 joint-venture for their network infrastructure operations and spectrum holdings called ''TT-Netværket (''TT-Network'')''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=casper.lundgreen |date=2015-09-19 |title=The consequences of the failed Telenor Telia merger in Denmark and what it means for mergers in the UK, Italy and the global telecom market - Post Mortem Part II |url=https://strandconsult.dk/the-consequences-of-the-failed-telenor-telia-merger-in-denmark-and-what-it-means-for-mergers-in-the-uk-italy-and-the-global-telecom-market-post-mortem-part-ii/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Strand Consult |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Danish mobile spectrum allocation |url=https://mastdatabase.co.uk/dk/spectrum/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=mastdatabase.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Telia Broadband was relaunched in 2008 because of the need for TeliaSonera to offer both mobile and broadband in all of their home markets (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland). Telia Broadband was the first operator to launch digital TV with their broadband at no extra cost. Stofa is mainly a cable TV operator, but also supplies broadband via the cable TV network.

Telia Company sold its operations and network assets in Denmark to Norlys a.m.b.a. ([[Norlys]]) at an enterprise value of DKK 6.25 billion, on a cash and debt-free basis on 2 April 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.teliacompany.com/en/press-releases/sale-of-telia-denmark-to-norlys-closes-2024-04-02-13-55-00|title= Sale of Telia Denmark to Norlys closes |publisher=teliacompany.com |language=en |date=2 April 2024}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2024}}

===Georgia===
From 2007 to 2018, Telia Company has owned 58.55% of the [[Geocell]] company, while [[Turkcell]] owns the remaining 41.45%. Since 2018 [[Silknet]] bought full part of Geocell.

===Sri Lanka===
From 1996 to 2010, Telia Company has owned 100% of SUNTEL Ltd.  Since 2010 [[Dialog Axiata]] bought full part of Suntel.

=== Kazakhstan ===
Telia Company operated in Kazakhstan under the brand [[Kcell]]. From 21 December 2018, Kcell sold to Kazakhtelecom.

=== Moldova ===
In February 2020, Telia Company agreed to sell its 100% holding in Moldcell to CG Cell Technologies DAC, for a transaction price of US$31.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telia Company divests its interest in Moldcell |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/2/telia-company-divests-its-interest-in-moldcell/ |access-date=25 March 2020 |website=www.teliacompany.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Nepal===
TeliaSonera owned a majority stake in [[Ncell]], the largest mobile operator in [[Nepal]] with US$16.2 billion operating income. On 21 December 2015, TeliaSonera announced its exit from Ncell, selling its 60.4 percent of the shares to Malaysian telecommunications group [[Axiata]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TeliaSonera quits nepal, Ncell sold to Malaysian Telco group Axiata for 1.03Bil USD • TechSansar.com |url=http://techsansar.com/tech-news/teliasonera-sells-nepal-ncell-axiata/ |website=TechSansar.com}}</ref> TeliaSonera exited Nepal without settling billions of Capital Gains Tax owed to Nepalese government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TeliaSonera quits nepal without settling capital gains tax to Nepal govt • myrepublica.com |url=http://admin.myrepublica.com/economy/story/41377/govt-set-to-assess-tax-in-teliasonera-transaction.html |website=myrebublica.com}}</ref>

=== Russia ===
Telia Company owned 25.2% of [[MegaFon]], the second largest mobile phone operator in Russia. In October 2017, Telia Company agreed to sell their entire MegaFon stake for US$1 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=TeleGeography |title=Telia agrees to sell entire MegaFon stake for USD1bn |language=en-us |work=telegeography.com |url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2017/10/31/telia-agrees-to-sell-entire-megafon-stake-for-usd1bn/ |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

=== Spain ===
Telia Company owned a 76.6% holding in the Spanish operator [[Yoigo]] until 21 June 2016 when it was sold to [[:es:Grupo MásMóvil|Masmovil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telia Company's divestment of Yoigo in Spain is completed |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/sv/nyhetsrum/pressmeddelanden/2016/10/telia-companys-divestment-of-yoigo-in-spain-is-completed/ |access-date=24 March 2018 |website=www.teliacompany.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Tajikistan===
Telia Company owned 60% of mobile phone operator [[Tcell]]. Tcell is a merger of Somoncom and Indigo Tajikistan; the merger was completed in July 2012. On 27 April 2017, it was confirmed that Tcell has been sold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=TeleGeography |title=Telia Company finally sells Tcell |language=en-us |work=telegeography.com |url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2017/04/27/telia-company-finally-sells-tcell/ |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref>

===Turkey===
In October 2020, Telia Company's divestment of its 47.1 percent stake in [[Turkcell]] Holding (which holds 51% in the listed leading mobile operator in Turkey) to the state owned [[Turkey Wealth Fund]] for US$530 million, was completed.

=== Uzbekistan===
In five years, [[Ucell]], the Uzbek subsidiary, increased the number of its subscribers from 400,000 to 9 million (2012). Some former TeliaSonera executives were under preliminary investigation by Swedish prosecutors for allegations of bribery and money laundering associated with the acquisition of their 3G license in Uzbekistan from Takilant Limited, registered in Gibraltar.<ref name="Milne">{{Cite news |last=Milne |first=Richard |date=8 October 2012 |title=TeliaSonera to investigate Uzbek licence - FT.com |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/882352c4-0da1-11e2-bfcb-00144feabdc0.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/882352c4-0da1-11e2-bfcb-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022}}</ref> Under these investigations involving four Uzbek nationals, hundreds of millions of francs were frozen in Swiss banks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 October 2012 |title=Corruption Probe into TeliaSonera Uzbek Deal |work=The Gazette of Central Asia |publisher=Satrapia |url=http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/corruption-probe-into-teliasonera-uzbek-deal/}}</ref> The former executives were acquitted in the first instance in the Swedish legal proceedings in February 2019, the verdict has been appealed. In September 2017 Telia Company announced that a global settlement had been reached with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM) relating to previously disclosed investigations regarding historical transactions in Uzbekistan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telia Company agreed to a total financial sanction of USD 965 million |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/press-releases/2017/9/telia-company-reaches-a-global-settlement-with-the-authorities-regarding-uzbekistan-investigation}}</ref> The global resolution ended all known corruption related investigations or inquiries into Telia Company.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

== Evolution of the Telia brand ==
[[File:Telia Larsboda skylt 2012.jpg|thumb|TeliaSonera]]
When Telia and Sonera merged in 2002, TeliaSonera used a simple [[wordmark]] as the logo. In 2011, TeliaSonera released its new purple pebble logo to the corporation and its affiliate brands. The pebble was designed by [[Landor Associates]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A new, uniting brand identity for TeliaSonera |url=http://www.teliasonera.com/media/press-kits/our-new-brand/ |access-date=9 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=UnderConsideration LLC |title=Brand New: Purple Pebbles Everywhere |url=http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/purple_pebbles_everywhere.php |access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, TeliaSonera changed name to Telia Company and presented an updated pebble brand profile, designed by [[Wolff Olins]], to be used by all Telia brand companies.

== Controversies ==
TeliaSonera has been accused of indirectly supporting dictatorships, allowing them to do [[man-in-the-middle attack]]s on their citizens. This was disclosed in the Swedish TV show Uppdrag Granskning in 2012.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=http://vimeo.com/41248885 |title=How Teliasonera Sells to Dictatorships - Uppdrag Granskning : The Black Boxes - Mission Investigation |access-date=17 July 2015 |work=Vimeo}}</ref> TeliaSonera responded to these allegations with: "This is happening every day in all countries and applies to all operators. We are obliged to comply with the legislation of each country."<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2013 |title=Mozilla Weighs Excommunication For Certificate Authority TeliaSonera |url=http://www.darkreading.com/risk-management/mozilla-weighs-excommunication-for-certificate-authority-teliasonera/d/d-id/1109591 |access-date=17 July 2015 |website=Dark Reading}}</ref>

Further allegations have been presented in Swedish media and elsewhere that TeliaSonera may have illegally, through bribery, acquired licenses in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.<ref name=ester>{{cite journal | last1=Pollack | first1=Ester | last2=Allern | first2=Sigurd | last3=Kantola | first3=Anu | last4=Ørsten | first4=Mark | title=Political Scandals as a Democratic Challenge | journal=International Journal of Communication | volume=12|year=2018| url=https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/7099| page=13}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> As a result of internal investigations on these and other potential violations to the company's policies, several senior managers were dismissed from the company. Telia admitted to this bribery accusations and had to pay US$965 million in settlement in 2017.<ref name="ester" />

When TeliaSonera exited Nepal there were voices raised in the public debate in Nepal that it had evaded an approximately 36 billion [[Nepalese rupee|rupee]] capital gains tax owed to the Nepalese government, when it sold its stake to Axiata, a Malaysian Telecom Group, a claim which has been refuted by Telia Company on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All tax requirements met in Nepal |url=https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/news-articles/2018/nepalese-note}}</ref> In that context, Telia was criticized by media (TV) even in Sweden where its headquarters is located. Also, a group of Nepalese people started a movement 'No Tax.. No Ncell' to boycott the services of Ncell in Nepal.

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* [[List of Finnish companies]]
* [[List of mobile network operators in Europe]]
* [[List of Swedish companies]]
* [[Telia Carrier]]

==References==
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