Fortum Oyj has signed Global Framework Agreements with Telefónica, S.A. and Telenor ASA to bring direct carrier billing services to 460 million additional subscribers worldwide. Using the BlueVia Payments API to charge purchases to their mobile operator bill, users in more than 30 countries will now be able to purchase digital goods over the web and on Android, Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices. Mobile operator billing is win for everyone. It makes it much simpler and convenient for consumers to buy digital goods which in turn helps content owners monetize their content. Developers usually don't want to do a different billing integration for each mobile operator or store. Fortumo's technology enables them to do one integration and gain billing access to the subscriber base of many mobile operators in 80 countries. With Fortumo's platform, mobile payments are available to all mobile phone users and payments are charged directly to their operator bill. Using mobile payments has enabled some app and online developers to increase their conversion and emerging market revenues by more than 10 times. Mobile operator billing is especially important in emerging markets of Asia and Latin America, where credit card penetration is low. For example, Brazil, one of Telefónica's key markets, has 260 million mobile users, but only 60 million credit cards. The difference in ownership is even bigger in Bangladesh, one of the markets in which Telenor operates - from the 160 million inhabitants, roughly 1% have credit cards, while mobile phone penetration is 68%. Together with Telefonica's and Telenor's agreement, Fortumo's payment platform now reaches users in more than 80 countries. Fortumo's mobile payments platform, including direct billing connectivity to Telefonica and Telenor is available to all developers looking to accept global mobile payments and provide their customers with a seamless and secure payment experience.

Telenor ASA announced that Marit Vaagen was elected as new shareholder representative of the board. In 2008 she founded Sirona AB, a healthcare management company, where she currently holds the position as CEO. Liselott Kilaas resigned from the board.

Telenor ASA at the AGM held on May 15, 2013, has approved a dividend of NOK 6.00 per share for 2012. This is the highest dividend to be paid out to shareholders since the company was stock listed in December 2000.