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Life long memories
By Erik Irestål on 10 August, 2010
India never stops to amaze me. During the last few weeks I had the opportunity to explore Kerala, the southwest most state of India, start working with a new group of people at work and celebrate my birthday Indian style. All memories for life.
Standstill
By Erik Irestål on 5 July, 2010
Going to work this morning the city was almost abandoned. A few cars were out, even fewer motorcycles and I only saw one auto rickshaw. The yellow and black three-wheeled auto rickshaws are usually the most common vehicle in Bangalore, but not today! In all of India there’s a one-day strike.
Change is for real
By Erik Irestål on 1 June, 2010
The Telecom industry for sure is a fast moving industry! Today Uninor launched its GSM service in Mumbai, the most populous city of India at 14 million people. In the days to come Uninor will have a footprint of 900 million Indians. Truly amazing. Not only the business itself is fast moving, my tasks have quickly changed from one thing to another. I came to India to work on Postpaid but I’m currently launching MNP, Mobile Number Portability in a month.
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Categories: India, Uncategorized, Uninor
Every day a new adventure
By Erik Irestål on 30 April, 2010
Three weeks has passed since I landed in India, I’m starting to settle in, but still every day is a new adventure. I explore new places, new cultural aspects and meet with new people every day and my conclusion has to be the same as the name of a TV show I recently watched: Incredible India.
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Olympic times
By Erik Irestål on 1 March, 2010
Looking outside, one might mistakenly think that the Winter Olympics are taking place in Stockholm. It’s below -10 degrees, at least half a meter of snow, and it has been this way since Christmas. My first winter in Stockholm isn’t what the winters usually are like. The same way I can conclude that my first half year as a trainee has been unlike anything I have done before.
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
Next stop: India
By Erik Irestål on 3 February, 2010
At last it’s official, my next stop is going to be Bangalore, India. What seemed like a long time, a half year at Telenor Sweden, is coming to an end, and I’m trying to mentally prepare myself to leave Sweden for India. I’m sure it’s going to be a journey unlike most I’ve ever experienced.
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
Freedom
By Erik Irestål on 24 November, 2009
As important as I concluded inspiration to be in my last blog post, as important I believe reflection to be. The word that came to my mind reflecting on the last three months was freedom. At first it didn’t make sense, where is the freedom in working?
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
I’m inspired!
By Erik Irestål on 4 November, 2009
Read about the experience that changed my life; I realized that I had every opportunity to make the most of my life in my own hands.
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
Change is in the air!
By Erik Irestål on 1 October, 2009
Reflecting upon my first month as a Global Trainee at Telenor, change is the word on my mind to summarize it all.
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
A brand new start
By Erik Irestål on 24 September, 2009
The journey has begun and three intense weeks has passed. During the following 18 months in the Global Trainee Programme I’m going to learn Telenor from the inside out, through different disciplines and in different countries. I’m looking forward to a lifetime experience, and from what I can tell so far, it is going to be great.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Sweden
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