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Transport and communication<br />

51 9 Telecommunication services. 31 December<br />

1997 1998 999 2000 2001 2002<br />

Fixed line telephony<br />

Number of fixed lines (channels)' 2 735 490 2 934 552 3 175995 3 301 801 3 314 378 3 343 046<br />

Numbers of fixed telephone lines per<br />

100 inhabitants 61.9 66.0 70.9 73.3 72.9 73.4<br />

PSTN channels 2325010 2165530 1913657 1682603 1 548 142 1 484344<br />

ISDN channels2 410480 768992 1262338 1 619 198 1 766236 1 858702<br />

ISDN basic lines 146005 304636 524999 696289 760643 801 971<br />

ISDN primary lines 3949 5 324 7078 7 554 8 165 8492<br />

Mobile telephony<br />

Mobile telephony subscriptions 1 676 763 2 106 414 2 744 793 3367763 3689246 3787 131<br />

Numbers of mobile telephony subscriptions per<br />

100 inhabitants 38.4 47.5 61.5 74.8 83.0 83.2<br />

SMS messages (1 000) . . 515 137 1 237 213 2 070000 2 540 759<br />

Channels = PSTN channels + I5DN channels. 2ISDN channels = (ISDN main connection) x 2 + (ISDN extended connection) a 30<br />

Source: Norwe9lan Post and Telecommunications Authority, More information: http'JMv.npt.no/.<br />

520 Fixed line telephony (channels) and mobile telephony subscriptions. 31 December<br />

Number<br />

4000000<br />

3 500 000<br />

Number of fixed lines (channels)<br />

Mobile telephony subscriptions<br />

3 000 000<br />

2 500 000<br />

2 000 000<br />

1 500000<br />

1 000 000<br />

500 000<br />

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002<br />

Source: Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority, More information: httpitww.npt.noI.<br />

410 Statistical <strong>Yearbook</strong> of <strong>Norway</strong> <strong>2003</strong>

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