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Fornebu (pte037/18.03.2005/15:00) - Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor http://www.telenor.com has agreed a three-year deal with general insurance company If http://www.if.no to be the overall supplier of communications services in the Nordic region. As the company reports today in a press release on its website, the agreement includes fixed and mobile telephony, data communications and customer relations solutions for If's approximately 6,800 employees.
"As part of our goal of creating a Nordic company, we have developed a pan-Nordic solution IT solution. With its Nordic focus, Telenor has shown a great understanding of our business challenges and was able to offer us a Nordic solution that will ensure substantial synergies and cost savings," said Kjell Rune Tveita, head of IT management at If. "A growing number of companies are now becoming aware of the scale advantages that can be achieved by managing data and telecommunications services on a Nordic level. If's strategy is completely in line with Telenor's goal of being a Nordic, rather than a national, organisation, capable of offering joint services to the whole Nordic region," said Morten Karlsen Soerby, Telenor's executive vice president, who is also the head of Telenor's activities in the Nordic countries.
The agreement with Telenor forms part of If's new outsourcing model, in which the company's IT management is carried out on a Nordic level. In addition to communications, the model also involves management of servers, user support and graphic services. In Finland, Telenor cooperates with telecoms provider Elisa. Telenor's supplies to If will commence this autumn, and the contract period lasts until the first quarter of 2008.
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