Norway Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.343 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,163,400 (2003)

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)

Television broadcast stations: 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code: .no

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 2.288 million (2002)



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