Telco aims to provide safer connectivity for youth

Brekke said Telenor came to Asia two decades ago with a fundamental belief that mobile communications is for everyone

Telenor Group is projecting that an estimated 500 million children in its emerging Asia markets will be accessing the Internet for the first time via mobile in the coming decade.

The Norweigian telco, the parent company of Malaysia’s DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, said this in conjunction with Safer Internet Day on Tuesday.