Table 3 Operating expenses in NOK million

3	Operating expenses in NOK million

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	1 733 744	1 800 366	2 012 872	2 111 492	2 121 751
Information sector	185 189	201 021	226 486	237 378	232 474
ICT-sector	147 730	161 973	183 964	194 441	190 518
ICT-Manufacturing industry	19 745	20 955	23 313	35 652	33 109
ICT-Wholesale	59 173	62 280	63 735	61 508	56 450
ICT-Telecommunications	39 822	44 727	53 923	48 682	55 259
ICT-Consultancy services	28 990	34 011	42 992	48 599	45 700
Data base activities²	2 652	2 981	4 383	6 130	4 998
Content sector	37 459	39 048	42 522	42 937	41 956
Publishing industries	19 563	20 304	21 279	22 425	21 701
Information services	10 536	10 537	12 481	11 832	11 496
Radio and television	5 380	5 883	6 091	6 294	6 304
Motion picture and video activities	1 979	2 324	2 672	2 386	2 455

¹	Preliminary figures.
²	This industry is defined as a part of ICT consultancy services by OECD, but it will probably be a part of the content sector in 2007, see About the statistics.