Chess Communication was a
Norwegian mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobil ...
(MVNO). Owned by
Telia Company
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Telia also owns TV4 Media which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in Finland, ...
it uses its sister company
Telia Norge
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's (formerly
NetCom) network.
History
The company was founded by
A-Pressen
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in 1999 but sold to
Idar Vollvik
Idar may refer to:
People
* Idar Andersen (born 1999), Norwegian road racing cyclist
* Idar Kreutzer (born 1962), Norwegian businessperson
* Idar Kristiansen (1932–1985), Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer and non-fiction writer
* Id ...
in 2002. He merged the company with the operator
Sense
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that was owned by
Reitangruppen
Reitan AS, formerly known as Reitangruppen (Reitan Group), is a Norwegian conglomerate comprising three business areas: Reitan Retail, Reitan Eiendom (Reitan Real Estate) and Reitan Kapital.
Reitan's head office is at Lade Gaard in Trondheim ...
, who also received a partial ownership in Chess. In 2006 Vollvik sold Chess to the Swedish multinational TeliaSonera for
NOK
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1.6 billion. The largest loser in the deal was
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwi ...
who lost an estimated NOK 600–800 million per year in income because Chess moved their customers from the Telenor network to the TeliaSonera owned NetCom network.
The company was deleted from the Register of Business Enterprises on 11 November 2011 after its merger with Telia Company, and continued as a discount brand from then until June 2018, when Telia closed down the brand and migrated all customers to the Telia network.
References
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External links
Notice of removal from the Register of Business Enterprises
Mobile phone companies of Norway
Norwegian companies established in 1999
Companies based in Bergen
Amedia