History
In September 1992, the network went live under the name Nordic Tel. A couple of years later it changed its name to Europolitan. During the late 1990s, Vodafone Group went on an acquisition spree that led to the acquisition of Europolitan. In the early 2000s (decade), various operating companies in the Vodafone Group changed their names to Vodafone.
After several years of underpeformance, Vodafone Sweden, on October 31, 2005 was sold by Vodafone Group to Telenor, the largest telecommunications company in Norway, for approximately 1 billion euros.
On April 20, 2006, the network changed its name to reflect the name of the new owner.
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