Telephones - main lines in use:
1.988 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.192 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern in all respects; one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe
domestic: Norway has a domestic satellite system; moreover, the prevalence of rural areas encourages the wide use of cellular-mobile systems instead of fixed-wire systems
international: country code - 47; 2 buried coaxial cable systems; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Norway shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden) (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 160, shortwave 1 (2008)
Television broadcast stations:
69 (2008)
Internet country code:
.no
Internet hosts:
2.995 million (2008)
Internet users:
3.8 million (2007)
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