Teflon Dons of Telecoms 2: The Swedish Connection
The actions and inaction of two more senior Swedish telecoms execs are analyzed in the second part of this series on corruption.
Ransomware Attack on Danish Telco
Hackers gained access to commercial information stored on a server belonging to TT Network, the joint mast operation of Telia Denmark and Telenor Denmark.
Telco CEO Charged with Fraud after 10-Year Investigation
Shareholder representatives are standing by Juris Gulbis, CEO of Tet, after he was charged with overpaying EUR7.6mn for TV equipment.
Telia Defeats Royalties Collectors in Fight Over IPTV
The Finnish Market Court ruled that the ISP need not make payments to a collection society because their IPTV streams are original broadcasts, not retransmissions of over-the-air TV.
Telia Blocks a Million Wangiri Calls Per Week
The Swedish telecoms group has developed an anti-wangiri solution that draws on data from across their European opcos.
Swedish Court Rejects Telia Blocking Injunction
The Swedish Patents and Market Court of Appeal decided a blocking injunction was disproportionate.
Court Orders Telia to Block The Pirate Bay
Telia will appeal an interim decision to block The Pirate Bay and other websites, saying “this is a matter of truly principal importance for us and for the Internet”.
Telia Lithuania Merges Risk and Security with Customer Ops and Business Transformation
Is this a model for how to integrate risk management or just a way to lower costs?
The Billion Dollar Risk
Telcos may never eliminate bribery and corruption, but they will not pay such huge fines if they take simple steps to discourage unethical behavior.