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Telecommunications in Norway

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.[1] As of 2006, 79% of the population had access to internet at home, rising to 95% by 2012.[2][3]

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[4] in order to monitor nuclear test-ban treaties with the Soviet Union.

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  1. [1]
    "CIA World Factbook". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Norwegian media barometer 2011 – We watch more television". Statistics Norway. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013
  4. [4]
    "ARPANET Maps 1969 to 1977". Retrieved 16 May 2012.


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