Norway: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 1,029,545 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 5.841 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 112 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: modern in all respects; one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe domestic: Norway has a domestic satellite system; the prevalence of rural areas encourages the wide use of mobile-cellular systems international: country code - 47; 2 buried coaxial cable systems; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Norway (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-owned public radio-TV broadcaster operates 3 nationwide TV stations, 3 nationwide radio stations, and 16 regional radio stations; roughly a dozen privately owned television stations broadcast nationally and roughly another 25 local TV stations broad (2008) |
Internet country code | .no |
Internet users | total: 5.042 million percent of population: 96.8% (July 2015 est.) |