Cheaper mobile data communication via Telia, also in the baltic states. Has to be good – no?
Well, let me tell you about what’s hiding behind Telias new brand;

Telia owns 38% in the company Turkcell, and Turkcell owns 80% of the telephone operator Life in Belarus . The other 20% is owned by dictator Lukashenko himself. Data from operators like Life was crucial when Belarusian security service searched
up and arrested human rights activists, who had been on the square in Minsk, in connection with the rigged Belarusian presidential election last year.

So a major company cooperating with dictators, letting them use their products to be able to oppress people. Is this really a company worth supporting?

Meanwhile, Tela writes on their own homepage about their Code of Conduct and ethics…

”It is important for us to be regarded as a responsible employer, a good citizen and a company that meets globally recognized standards.”

And that’s not it. Under the title ”Priorities in Corporate Responsibility” you will find:

Privacy (integrity) and internet security .

I’m wondering – who’s integrity?


Read more (in swedish):

http://www.sn.se/asikter/opinion/1.1052371

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/vitryssar-avlyssnas-med-ericssons-teknik