Norway Communications - 2006

https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/norway/norway_communications.html
SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
2.228 million (2003)

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 hosts:
1,342,667 (2005)

Internet users:
3.14 million (2005)

NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.