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 years 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. In late 2019 the government proposed making broadband of at least 20Mb/s a universal service.

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 to migrate all DSL subscribers to fibre by 2023;
Regulator considers amendments to fixed broadband market regulations;
Telenor and NextGenTel pursue G.fast technology;
Municipalities access EU-funded public Wi-Fi scheme;
Report update includes the regulator's market data to December 2018, telcos' operating and financial data to Q2 2019, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telenor, NextGenTel, Telio, Lyse, NetCom, Nordisk Mobiltelefon.

Table of Contents

Introduction and statistical overview

Government support
Broadband statistics

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

VDSL

G.fast

Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Utilities
Telenor
Other developments

Other fixed broadband services

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

Wireless broadband 2.3GHz band
Wireless LANs
Wi-Fi
WiMAX
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)
Internet via satellite

Appendix – Historic data
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List of Tables

Table 1 – Broadband market share by provider – 2016 – 2018
Table 2 – Superfast broadband market share of subscribers by operator – 2011 – 2017
Table 3 – Residential broadband connections by downstream access speed – 2013 – 2018
Table 4 – Proportion of residential broadband connections above 100Mb/s – 2014 – 2018
Table 5 – Telia Norway cable broadband revenue – 2015 – 2019
Table 6 – Historic - Broadband market revenue – 2003 – 2009
Table 7 – Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers – 1999 – 2008
Table 8 – Historic - Cable broadband subscribers – 1999 - 2008
Table 9 – Historic - DSL subscribers – 2000 – 2008

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Steady increase in fixed broadband market revenue – 2009 – 2018
Chart 2 – Broadband market revenue by platform – 2008 – 2018
Chart 3 – Fixed broadband subscribers by platform – 2010 – 2019
Chart 4 – Growth in the fixed broadband subscriber base and penetration – 2009 – 2024
Chart 5 – Annual net adds in broadband connections, by type – 2008 – 2018
Chart 6 – Change in fixed broadband market share by technology – 2006 – 2018
Chart 7 – Change in fixed broadband penetration by technology – 2009 – 2018
Chart 8 – Growth in broadband connections via housing associations – 2015 – 2018
Chart 9 – Change in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Chart 10 – Telia Norway cable broadband subscribers – 2013 – 2019
Chart 11 – Decline in the number of DSL broadband subscribers – 2009 - 2018
Chart 12 – Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops – 2009 – 2019
Chart 13 – Change in fibre broadband share by operator – 2016 – 2018
Chart 14 – Growth in fibre broadband subscribers (residential and corporate) – 2009 – 2018

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