Norway - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Background Report October 2010

Synopsis

In common with other Scandinavian countries, Norway has a sophisticated telecom market with high broadband and mobile penetration rates and a developed digital TV sector. Although not a member of the European Union, its telecoms sector is synchronised with relevant EC legislation. Telenor and Tele2 are the dominant operators in all sectors, though there is increasing competition from new entrants. This report introduces the key elements of Norway’s telecom market in 2010, providing statistics and an overview of the regulatory environment, the fixed network operators and their services and telecom infrastructure. The Norway - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews report provides additional and regularly updated data.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Norway’s telecom market
    • 3.1.1 Significant market changes
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 History
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Norway
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation of Telenor
    • 4.3.2 Interconnect
    • 4.3.3 Access
    • 4.3.4 Number portability (NP)
    • 4.3.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
• 5. Fixed network operators in Norway
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
  • 5.2 Telenor
  • 5.3 TeliaSonera
  • 5.4 Tele2
  • 5.5 BaneTele
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
  • 6.2 Leased lines
  • 6.3 IP migration
  • 6.4 International infrastructure
    • 6.4.1 Submarine cable networks
    • 6.4.2 Satellite networks
• 7. Wholesaling
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – H1 2009
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – September 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 8 – Total telecom turnover by sector – 2004 - 2011
• Table 9 – Fixed-line traffic in minutes – 2004 - 2009
• Table 10 – Fixed-line turnover in residential / business sectors – 2004 - 2009
• Table 11 – Turnover by sector – 2003 - 2009
• Table 12 – Proportion of turnover by sector – 2005 - 2009
• Table 13 – Number of telecom providers by sector – 2004 - 2009
• Table 14 – CPS and resale subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 15 – Operators’ share of fixed-line traffic – 2005 - 2009
• Table 16 – Cable telephony subscribers – 2002 - 2009
• Table 17 – Share of turnover by operator – 2002 - 2009
• Table 18 – Operator share of retail turnover – 2007 - 2008
• Table 19 – Fixed-telephony revenue – 2007 - 2010
• Table 20 – Telenor financial data (Norway) – 2006 - 2009
• Table 21 – Telenor Group financial data – 2007 - 2009
• Table 22 – Telenor fixed telephony operating statistics (retail) – 2005 - 2009
• Table 23 – TeliaSonera (Norway) revenue – 2006 - 2009
• Table 24 – TeliaSonera subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2009
• Table 25 – Tele2 (Norway) subscribers by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 26 – Tele2 (Norway) financial data by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 27 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2011
• Table 28 – Fixed subscriptions - VoIP, cable – 2001 - 2008
• Table 29 – Fixed subscriptions - PSTN / ISDN – 2000 - 2008
• Table 30 – Leased line revenue by capacity – 2005 - 2008
• Table 31 – Leased lines by capacity – 2005 - 2008
• Table 32 – Telenor wholesale lines – PSTN, ISDN, DSL, LLU – 2004 - 2007