Communications of Norway
Telephones - main lines in use: | 2.055 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 4.755 million (2005) |
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: country code - 47; 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 hosts: | 1.364 million (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 13 (2000) |
Internet users: | 3.14 million (2005) |