Norway Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
3.34 million (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
4,163,400 (2003 est.)
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; 4 coaxial submarine cables; 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 650 at least, shortwave 1 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.no
Internet hosts:
593,850 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
2.29 million (2002 est.)
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