The 2022 Ranking Digital Rights Telco Giants Scorecard with regard to human rights, it was transparent about why it shuts down its network, how it responds to government demands to do so, and the number of government shutdown orders it received and complied with. Telenor also shared detailed information about how it managed government demands for content or account restrictions and for user information. Yet it released only some data about the nature and volume of the government demands it received. 9/18/25, 10:38 AM we evaluated, with each service weighted equally. Lead researchers: Jie Zhang, Farah Rasmi Download data and sources The Norwegian telecom giant’s setback in Myanmar did not impede the company’s Asian expansion. In November of 2021, Telenor agreed to merge its Thai telecom unit with that of Thailand-based conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, creating the largest mobile carrier in the kingdom, with 51 million users. In October, the merger was approved by the Thai telecom regulator, almost one year a!er the initial announcement. In June, Malaysia’s telco regulator approved a https://rankingdigitalrights.org/tgs22/companies/Telenor Page 3 of 13