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Norway - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 47 Pages
  • September 2019
  • Region: Norway
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 3763639
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. Telia Norway increased its market share by acquiring the operations of Tele2, Phonero and Get.

This report introduces the key elements of Norway's telecom market, providing statistics and an overview of the regulatory environment, the fixed network operators and their services, and telecom infrastructure.

Key developments:
  • Regulator recommends measures to reduce dependence on Telenors network;
  • Telenor undergoes organisational restructure; sells its Central and Eastern European businesses;
  • Telenor to phase out PSTN infrastructure by 2025;
  • Telenor lays submarine cable in the Lofoten Islands;
  • Report update includes the regulators market data to December 2018, telcos operating and financial data to Q2 2019, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Telenor, Telia Norway, Tele2, BaneTele.

Table of Contents

1 Key statistics
2 Telecommunications market
2.1 Market analysis
3 Regulatory environment
3.1 Historic overview
3.2 Regulatory authority
3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Norway
3.4 Privatisation
3.5 Interconnect
3.6 Access
3.7 Number Portability (NP)
3.8 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
4 Fixed network operators
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Telenor
4.3 Telia Norway
4.4 NextGenTel (Telio)
4.5 Tele2
4.6 BaneTele
5 Telecommunications infrastructure
5.1 Overview of the national telecom network
5.2 NGN
5.3 International infrastructure
5.4 Cloud services
5.5 Smart infrastructure
6 Appendix Historic data7 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Norway 2019 (e)
Table 2 Operators' share of fixed-line subscriptions (minor providers) 2016 2018
Table 3 NextGenTel Holding financial data 2012 2018
Table 4 NextGenTel Holding revenue by sector 2015 2018
Table 5 NextGenTel subscribers by organisational sector 2017 2018
Table 6 Historic - Fixed lines in service and penetration 2000 2009
Table 7 Historic - Total telecom revenue 2004 2009
Table 8 Historic - Revenue by sector 2003 2008
List of Charts
Chart 1 Change in total telecom revenue and annual growth 2009 2023
Chart 2 Change in telecom revenue by sector 2009 2018
Chart 3 Change in the proportion of turnover by sector 2005 2018
Chart 4 Decline in the number of fixed voice lines 2008 2018
Chart 5 Change in telecom sector investment 2012 2018
Chart 6 Change in fibre and LTE investment 2012 2017
Chart 7 Decline in fixed-line traffic in minutes (PSTN/ISDN) 2008 2018
Chart 8 Operators' share of fixed-line subscription s 2016 2018
Chart 9 Decline in fixed-telephony revenue (PSTN/ISDN) 2008 2018
Chart 10 Telenor domestic fixed-line revenue by type 2008 2019
Chart 11 Telenor Group financial data 2009 2019
Chart 12 Decline in Telenor's voice and broadband subscribers 2009 2019
Chart 13 Change in Telia Norway's revenue 2009 2019
Chart 14 Change in Telia Norway's broadband and mobile subscriber numbers 2009 2019
Chart 15 Decline in fixed lines in service and penetration 2009 2024
Chart 16 Decline in the number of VoIP lines in service 2009 2018
Chart 17 Operators' share of VoIP revenue 2015 2018
Chart 18 International internet bandwidth 2005 2017

Companies Mentioned

  • Telenor
  • Telia Norway
  • Tele2
  • BaneTele.