Chess Communication was a Norwegian

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(MVNO). Owned by Telia Company it uses its sister company

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's (formerly NetCom) network.

History

The company was founded by

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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 * Idar ...

in 2002. He merged the company with the operator

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that was owned by

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, who also received a partial ownership in Chess. In 2006 Vollvik sold Chess to the Swedish multinational TeliaSonera for

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1.6 billion. The largest loser in the deal was

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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.

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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