MAP > Internet Providers in Norway

In common with the other Scandinavian countries, well, Norway takes pride in having a very sophisticated telecom market with the high broadband as well as the mobile penetration rates and the advanced developed digital media sector. Despite not being a member of European Union, this country’s telecoms sector has been synchronized with the relevant EC legislation. The Telenor, which is dominant operator in all the sectors, though there has been increasing competition from the new entrants, has managed to withstand the competition from the new entrants. There has remained some considerable change among the sector players with the Telia having increased the market share by being able to acquire operations of the Tele2 and the Phonero and being able to make a move into fixed line market by going on and acquiring the TDC’s unit namely Get and the TDC Norway in the year 2018 July.

The broadband market has largely been supported by the technologically savvy populace and efforts of the providers to be able to migrate the subscribers to fast the broadband services offered by the network services, mainly fiber, the VDSL as well as the upgraded cable infrastructure. Leading ISPs Telenor as well as the NextGenTel has been able to deploy services based on the G.fast technology. Regulator has gone and called on government to aid in funding the additional cable infrastructure to minimize country’s independence on the Telenor’s infrastructure in the areas where they offer services. Mobile market has largely been dominated by Telenor Mobil as well as Telia, with the ice quite a distant third. Market has advanced in the LTE developments, with both the Telenor and the Telia, getting to spearhead the networks in the region. The Telenor got to be cited as having fastest mobile data rates worldwide in the mid-2018 and company has been chosen to be able to manage the EU’s key 5G growth programs.

Mobile broadband sector has been set to develop more following auction of the spectrum in 900 MHz bands in May 2018. Also, the spectrum in 700MHz band has been expected to be available for the mobile broadband for the mobile broadband use from 2019 on November. The report gets to introduce Norway’s market, telecom one, offering the statistics and the overview of regulatory environment, fixed network operators as well as their services and the telecom infrastructure. Report also profiles fixed and the wireless broadband operators as well as assessing the development in the related technologies such as the Broadband Powerline and the wireless broadband.