Telecommunications in Norway
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Telecommunications in Norway are relatively advanced. There are about as many cellular phone subscription as there are inhabitants in the country (5.3 million), while the number of fixed line telephone subscriptions is declining towards 800,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2006, 79% of the population had access to internet at home, rising to 95% by 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>"Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013</ref>
Norway was the first non-English-speaking country on the net. In 1971 NORSAR (Norwegian Seismic Array) at Kjeller just outside Oslo was connected by satellite to the SDAC (Seismic Data Analysis Center) in Virginia, US as part of ARPANET<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in order to monitor nuclear test-ban treaties with the Soviet Union.
See also
[edit]- Internet in Norway
- Media in Norway
- Norwegian Internet Exchange
- Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority