2018 Norway - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 5 Sep 2018 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 153

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Publication Overview

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Norway’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
Facts, figures and statistics;
Industry and regulatory issues;
Infrastructure developments;
Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU, MoU;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Broadband (FttP, DSL, cable, wireless);
Mobile subscribers and ARPU;
Broadband market forecasts;
Government policies affecting the telecoms industry;
Market liberalisation and industry issues;
Telecoms operators – privatisation, IPOs, acquisitions, new licences;
Mobile technologies (GSM; 3G, HSPA, LTE, 5G).

Researcher:- Henry Lancaster
Current publication date:- September 2018 (16th Edition)

Executive Summary

Telenor expecting 5G to serve some rural areas for broadband

In common with other Scandinavian countries, Norway has a sophisticated telecom market with high broadband and mobile penetration rates and a highly developed digital media sector. Although not a member of the European Union, the country’s telecoms sector is synchronised with relevant EC legislation. Telenor is the dominant operator in all sectors, though there is increasing competition from new entrants. There remains considerable change among sector players, with Telia having increased its market share by acquiring the operations of Tele2 and Phonero and making a move into the fixed-line market by acquiring TDC’s units Get and TDC Norway in July 2018.

The broadband market has been supported by a technologically savvy populace as well as the efforts of providers to migrate subscribers to fast broadband services provided by fibre networks, VDSL and upgraded cable infrastructure. The leading ISPs Telenor and NextGenTel have also deployed services based on G.fast technology. The regulator has called on the government to help fund additional cable infrastructure to reduce the country’s dependence on Telenor’s networks, while recent regulator measures have enabled alternative operators to upgrade Telenor’s infrastructure in areas where they provide services.

The mobile market is dominated by Telenor Mobil and Telia, with Ice a distant third. The market is well advanced in LTE developments, with both Telenor and Telia spearheading networks in the region. Telenor was cited as having the fastest mobile data rates globally in mid-2018, and the company has also been chosen to manage one of the EU’s key 5G development programs. The mobile broadband sector is set to develop further following the auction of spectrum in the 900MHz band in May 2018. Additional spectrum in the 700MHz band is expected to be made available for mobile broadband sue from November 2019.

This report introduces Norway’s telecom market, providing statistics and an overview of the regulatory environment, the fixed network operators and their services, and telecom infrastructure. The report also profiles the fixed and wireless broadband operators and assesses developments in related technologies such as Broadband Powerline, wireless broadband, and internet via satellite. In addition, the report covers the mobile voice and data markets, providing statistics on the main operators, a review of the key regulatory issues, and a snapshot of the consumer market for services such as SMS, mobile TV and mobile broadband.

Key developments:

Telia Company acquires Get and TDC Norway;
Telenor exits central European markets;
Regulator recommends measures to reduce dependence on Telenor's network;
Telenor undergoes organisational restructure; sells its Central and Eastern European businesses;
Telenor to phase out PSTN infrastructure by 2025;
Smart grid updates;
Telenor lays submarine cable in the Lofoten Islands;
Telenor and NextGenTel pursue G.fast technology;
Municipalities access EU-funded public Wi-Fi scheme;
Regulator makes progress in 700MHz and 2.1GHz licensing scheduled for 2019;
Telenor Group assigned to manage a major European 5G project, sets up a second IoT lab;
Telia Norway and Telenor secure 900MHz spectrum in May 2018 auction;
Telenor partners with Huawei to trial 5G technologies;
Telia achieves speeds of 1Gb/s on its LTE infrastructure;
Telenor looks to VoLTE as it aims to close its 2G and 3G networks by 2025
Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2017, telcos' operating and financial data to Q2 2018, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telenor, Telia, Tele2, BaneTele, NextGenTel, Telio, Lyse, NetCom, Nordisk Mobiltelefon, Mobile Norway, Teletopia.

Henry Lancaster
September 2018

Key statistics
Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historic overview
Regulatory authority
Telecom sector liberalisation in Norway
Privatisation
Interconnect
Access
Number Portability (NP)
Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

Fixed network operators

Introduction
Telenor

International operations

Telia Norway
NextGenTel (Telio)
Tele2
BaneTele

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network
NGN
International infrastructure

Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks

Cloud services
Smart infrastructure

Smart grids

Wholesale

Broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview

Government support
Broadband statistics
Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks

Telenor
NextGenTel
Other DSL developments

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Utilities
Telenor
Other developments

Other fixed broadband services

Broadband Powerline (BPL)
Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Mobile communications

Market analysis
Mobile statistics

General statistics
Mobile voice
Mobile data
Mobile broadband

Regulatory issues

Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
Roaming
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile termination rates (MTRs)

Mobile infrastructure

Analogue networks
Digital networks
Other infrastructure developments

Major mobile operators

Telenor Mobil
Telia
Mobile Norway
Teletopia
Ice
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile content and applications

Location-based services
M-commerce
Mobile TV

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Norway – 2018 (e)
Table 2 – Total telecom revenue – 2004 - 2017
Table 3 – Fixed-line traffic in minutes (PSTN/ISDN) – 2008 - 2017
Table 4 – Revenue by sector – 2003 - 2017
Table 5 – Proportion of turnover by sector – 2005 - 2017
Table 6 – Number of telecom providers by sector – 2004 - 2015
Table 7 – Voice lines by type – 2008 - 2017
Table 8 – Telecom sector investment by platform – 2012 - 2017
Table 9 – Residential CPS and resale subscribers – 2007 - 2015
Table 10 – Business CPS and resale subscribers – 2007 - 2015
Table 11 – Operators’ share of fixed-line traffic – 2010 - 2015
Table 12 – Fixed-telephony revenue (PSTN/ISDN) – 2008 - 2017
Table 13 – Operators’ share of fixed-telephony revenue – 2002 - 2017
Table 14 – Telenor fixed-line financial data (Norway) – 2008 - 2018
Table 15 – Telenor Group financial data – 2007 - 2018
Table 16 – Telenor fixed-line subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Table 17 – Telia Norway revenue – 2004 - 2018
Table 18 – Telia Norway revenue by service – 2006 – 2018
Table 19 – Telia Norway subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2018
Table 20 – NextGenTel Holding financial data – 2012 - 2018
Table 21 – NextGenTel Holding revenue by sector – 2015 - 2018
Table 22 – Telio Norway financial data (historic) – 2012 - 2014
Table 23 – Telio Norway subscribers by sector (historic) – 2012 - 2014
Table 24 – NextGenTel subscribers by sector – 2011 - 2017
Table 25 – NextGenTel subscribers by organisational sector – 2017 - 2018
Table 26 –Tele2 subscribers by sector (historic) – 2007 - 2014
Table 27 – Tele2 financial data by sector (historic) – 2007 - 2014
Table 28 – Historic - Fixed lines in service and penetration 2000 - 2009
Table 29 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 2010 - 2018
Table 30 – Proportion of households with a fixed-line – 2005 - 2018
Table 31 – International internet bandwidth – 2005 - 2016
Table 32 – Telenor wholesale lines – PSTN, DSL, LLU – 2004 - 2016
Table 33 – Broadband market revenue – 2003 – 2017
Table 34 – Broadband market revenue by platform – 2008 – 2017
Table 35 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2009
Table 36 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 - 2018
Table 37 – Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers – 1999 - 2009
Table 38 – Fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2010 - 2019
Table 39 – Annual net adds in broadband connections, by type – 2008 - 2017
Table 40 – Broadband market share by technology – 2006 - 2017
Table 41 – Superfast broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2011 - 2017
Table 42 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2017
Table 43 – Residential broadband connections by downstream access speed – 2013 - 2017
Table 44 – Proportion of residential broadband connections above 100Mb/s – 2014 - 2017
Table 45 – Forecast broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 46 – Cable subscribers – 1999 - 2017
Table 47 – Market share of cable broadband subscribers by provider – 2011 - 2015
Table 48 – Get cable broadband revenue – 2015 - 2018
Table 49 – Get cable broadband subscribers – 2013 - 2018
Table 50 – DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2017
Table 51 – Market share of DSL subscribers by provider – 2013 - 2015
Table 52 – Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops – 2005 - 2018
Table 53 – Telio broadband revenue (historic) – 2007 - 2013
Table 54 – Telio broadband ARPU (historic) – 2006 - 2013
Table 55 – NextGenTel broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2016
Table 56 – Share of fast broadband connections by provider – 2015 - 2017
Table 57 – Fibre broadband share by operator – 2015 - 2017
Table 58 – Fibre broadband subscribers (retail) – 2003 - 2017
Table 59 – Mobile revenue – 2002 - 2017
Table 60 – Mobile revenue by service – 2008 - 2017
Table 61 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2009
Table 62 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2010 - 2019
Table 63 – Mobile voice traffic – 2004 - 2019
Table 64 – Prepaid share of mobile subscribers – 1999; 2005 - 2017
Table 65 – Prepaid and contract subscribers –2005 - 2017
Table 66 – Telenor Mobile (Norway) contract and prepaid subscribers – 2001 - 2018
Table 67 – Market share of mobile subscribers by main provider – 2010 - 2017
Table 68 – Revenue market share by provider – 2010 - 2017
Table 69 – Historic - Annual SMS sent – 1999 - 2009
Table 70 – Annual SMS sent – 2010 - 2017
Table 71 – Revenue from SMS services – 2010 - 2016
Table 72 – MMS messages sent – 2004 - 2017
Table 73 – Standard mobile broadband subscribers – 2007 - 2019
Table 74 – Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2008 - 2018
Table 75 – Market share of mobile broadband subscribers by provider – 2013 - 2017
Table 76 – Mobile data traffic – 2013 - 2017
Table 77 – Average mobile data traffic per subscriber – 2010 - 2015
Table 78 – Mobile data revenue – 2004 - 2017
Table 79 – European roaming charges – 2007 – 2016
Table 80 – MNP net gains/losses by operator – 2016 - 2017
Table 81 – M2M SIM cards in use – 2006 - 2017
Table 82 – M2M SIM revenue by provider – 2013 - 2017
Table 83 – Revenue from M2M services – 2012 - 2017
Table 84 – Telenor Mobil – mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2018
Table 85 – Telenor Mobil financial data – 2005 – 2018
Table 86 – Telenor Mobil ARPU: blended, contract and prepaid – 2004 - 2018
Table 87 – Telia mobile subscribers – 2002 - 2018
Table 88 – Telia ARPU: blended, contract and prepaid – 2002 - 2018
Table 89 – Telia mobile service revenue – 2015 - 2018
Table 90 – Mobile Norway (Tele2) subscribers by sector (historic) – 2007 - 2014
Table 91 – Mobile Norway (Tele2) financial data by sector (historic) – 2007 - 2014
Table 92 – Ice Group financial data – 2013 - 2018
Table 93 –Ice Norway financial data – 2013 - 2018
Table 94 –Ice Norway mobile subscribers – 2015 - 2017
Table 95 –MVNO subscribers – 2014 - 2017

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Revenue by sector – 2003 – 2017
Chart 2 – Proportion of turnover by sector – 2005 – 2017
Chart 3 – Telenor fixed-line financial data (Norway) – 2008 – 2018
Chart 4 – Telenor Group financial data – 2007 – 2018
Chart 5 – Telenor fixed subscribers – 2009 – 2018
Chart 6 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 2000 – 2018
Chart 7 – Telenor wholesale lines – PSTN, DSL, LLU – 2004 – 2016
Chart 8 – Broadband market revenue by platform – 2008 – 2017
Chart 9 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2005 – 2018
Chart 10 – Fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2003 – 2019
Chart 11 – Broadband market share by technology – 2006 – 2017
Chart 12 - Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops – 2005 - 2018
Chart 13 – Mobile revenue by service – 2008 – 2017
Chart 14 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2002 - 2019
Chart 15 – Prepaid and contract subscribers –2005 – 2017
Chart 16 – Telenor Mobil financial data – 2005 – 2018
Chart 17 – Telenor Mobil ARPU: blended, contract and prepaid – 2004 – 2018
Chart 18 – Telia ARPU: blended, contract and prepaid – 2002 – 2018

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – 3G beauty contest licence results in Norway – 2000; 2003; 2007
Exhibit 2 – Multi-spectrum auction results – Dec 2013

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