Short facts about communications in Norway

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.735 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,080,408 (1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  modern in all respects; one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe domestic:  Norway has a domestic satellite system; moreover the prevalence of rural areas encourages the wide use of cellular mobile systems instead of fixed wire systems international:  2 buried coaxial cable systems; 4 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Norway shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden) (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

4.03 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

2.03 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.no

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

13 (2000)

Internet users:

2.36 million (October 2000)

Source: World Factbook