Norway - Broadband Market - Background Report October 2010

Synopsis

Norway’s broadband penetration is among the highest in Europe, the result of a technologically demanding populace and the efforts of providers to migrate dial-up subscribers to broadband services. Telenor and NextGenTel are the leading ISPs, though a number of smaller operators and resellers are also active. In this report we profile Norway’s fixed and wireless broadband markets in 2010, together with developments in related technologies such as Broadband Powerline, wireless broadband, and Internet via satellite. The regularly updated Norway - Broadband Market - Statistics and Forecasts report also provides forecasts to 2020.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Overview
  • 2.1 Broadband statistics
• 3. Cable modems
• 4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Telenor
  • 4.3 NextGenTel
  • 4.4 Other DSL developments: SDSL
    • 4.4.1 ADSL2+
• 5. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Utilities
  • 5.3 Telenor
• 6. Broadband Powerline (BPL)
• 7. Wireless broadband
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Wireless broadband 2.3GHz band
  • 7.3 Wireless LANs
  • 7.4 WiFi
  • 7.5 WiMAX
  • 7.6 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
  • 7.7 Mobile broadband
  • 7.8 Internet via satellite
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Broadband market turnover – 2003 - 2010
• Table 2 – Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2010
• Table 3 – Total broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 1999 - 2009
• Table 4 – Broadband household penetration – 2000 - 2010
• Table 5 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2010
• Table 6 – Broadband market share by provider – 2008 - 2009
• Table 7 – Cable subscribers – 1999 - 2010
• Table 8 – Cable subscribers – 1999 - 2010
• Table 9 – Cable Digital subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 10 – ADSL subscribers – 2000 - 2010
• Table 11 – Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops – 2005 - 2009
• Table 12 – NextGenTel broadband subscribers, ARPU and revenue – 2006 - 2009
• Table 13 – Fibre subscribers – 2005 - 2010
• Table 14 – WLAN subscribers – 2000 - 2007
• Table 15 – Operator share of mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 16 – Mobile broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2010
• Table 17 – Mobile broadband data traffic and revenue – 2007 - 2009
• Table 18 – Nordisk Mobiltelefon mobile broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2008