Norway - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses

Synopsis

Norway’s broadband penetration rate is among the highest in Europe. The market’s development over the year has been supported by a technologically savvy populace and 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 enable alternative operators to upgrade Telenor’s infrastructure in areas where they provide services.

This report profiles Norway’s fixed and wireless broadband markets, together with developments in related technologies such as Broadband Powerline, wireless broadband, and internet via satellite. The report also provides fixed-line broadband subscriber forecasts and assesses the strategies of the main players.

Key developments:

Telenor and NextGenTel pursue G.fast technology;
Municipalities access EU-funded public Wi-Fi scheme;
Broadband sector shows continuing steady revenue growth;
Telenor purchases two local fibre providers;
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, NextGenTel, Telio, Lyse, NetCom, Nordisk Mobiltelefon.

Table of Contents

1. Synopsis
2. Introduction and statistical overview
- 2.1 Government support
- 2.2 Broadband statistics
- 2.3 Forecasts – broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
3. Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
4. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
- 4.1 Telenor
- 4.2 NextGenTel
- 4.3 Other DSL developments
  - 4.3.1 SDSL
  - 4.3.2 ADSL2+
  - 4.3.3 VDSL
  - 4.3.4 G.fast
5. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- 5.1 Utilities
- 5.2 Telenor
- 5.3 Other developments
6. Other fixed broadband services
- 6.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
- 6.2 Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)
  - 6.2.1 Wireless broadband 2.3GHz band
  - 6.2.2 Wireless LANs
  - 6.2.3 Wi-Fi
  - 6.2.4 WiMAX
  - 6.2.5 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
  - 6.2.6 Internet via satellite
7. Related reports

Table 1 – Broadband market revenue – 2003 – 2017
Table 2 – Broadband market revenue by platform – 2008 – 2017
Table 3 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2009
Table 4 – Internet users and penetration rate – 2010 - 2018
Table 5 – Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers – 1999 - 2009
Table 6 – Fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2010 - 2019
Table 7 – Annual net adds in broadband connections, by type – 2008 - 2017
Table 8 – Broadband market share by technology – 2006 - 2017
Table 9 – Superfast broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2011 - 2017
Table 10 – Broadband penetration by technology – 2004 - 2017
Table 11 – Residential broadband connections by downstream access speed – 2013 - 2017
Table 12 – Proportion of residential broadband connections above 100Mb/s – 2014 - 2017
Table 13 – Forecast broadband subscribers – 2019; 2021; 2023
Table 14 – Cable subscribers – 1999 - 2017
Table 15 – Market share of cable broadband subscribers by provider – 2011 - 2015
Table 16 – Get cable broadband revenue – 2015 - 2018
Table 17 – Get cable broadband subscribers – 2013 - 2018
Table 18 – DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2017
Table 19 – Market share of DSL subscribers by provider – 2013 - 2015
Table 20 – Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops – 2005 - 2018
Table 21 – Telio broadband revenue (historic) – 2007 - 2013
Table 22 – Telio broadband ARPU (historic) – 2006 - 2013
Table 23 – NextGenTel broadband subscribers – 2006 - 2016
Table 24 – Share of fast broadband connections by provider – 2015 - 2017
Table 25 – Fibre broadband share by operator – 2015 - 2017
Table 26 – Fibre broadband subscribers (retail) – 2003 - 2017