Editing Telecommunications in Norway

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'''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>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/norway/ |title=CIA World Factbook |access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> As of 2006, 79% of the population had access to internet at home, rising to 95% by 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ssb.no/medie_en/main.html |title=Norwegian media barometer 2011 – We watch more television |publisher=[[Statistics Norway]] |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=13 September 2007}}</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "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 [[Internet|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>{{cite web |url=http://som.csudh.edu/cis/lpress/history/arpamaps/ |title=ARPANET Maps 1969 to 1977 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> in order to monitor nuclear test-ban treaties with the Soviet Union.

==See also==
* [[Internet in Norway]]
* [[Media in Norway]]
* [[Norwegian Internet Exchange]]
* [[Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority]]

==References==
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