Telecommunication in Norway

The development of telecommunications in Norway is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +47, there were a total of 6.28 million connections in 2018. Among them were 5.72 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections Norway is very well in the race. Around 96% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 42% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 3.59 million webhosts, Norway is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Norway 1990 - 2018

Broadband internet in Norway 2000 - 2018

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018

Mobile phones in Norway 1990 - 2018

Spreading in 2018	Norway Total	Norway percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	5.13 m	96.49 %	431.28 m	84.04 %
Broadband users	2.21 m	41.52 %	179.62 m	35.00 %
Landlines	563,250.00	10.60 %	197.06 m	38.40 %
Mobile cellulars	5.72 m	107.65 %	624.52 m	121.69 %