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Norway - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 2.055 million (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 5.041 million (2006) 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 at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995) Internet country code: .no Internet hosts: 1.364 million (2006) Internet users: 4.074 million (2006)