Table 3 Operating expenses in NOK million

3	Operating expenses in NOK million

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	1 733 744	1 800 366	2 012 872	2 111 492	2 169 372	2 169 534
Information sector	185 189	201 021	226 486	237 378	231 593	² 191 573
ICT-sector	147 730	161 973	183 964	194 441	188 785	² 148 677
ICT-Manufacturing industry	19 745	20 955	23 313	35 652	33 155	21 913
ICT-Wholesale²	59 173	62 280	63 735	61 508	57 917	²40 237
Telecommunications	39 822	44 727	53 923	48 682	51 422	47 218
ICT-Consultancy services	28 990	34 011	42 992	48 599	46 291	39 309
Data base activities³	2 652	2 981	4 383	6 130	5 108	4 809
Content sector	37 459	39 048	42 522	42 937	42 808	42 895
Publishing industries	19 563	20 304	21 279	22 425	22 108	21 933
Information services	10 536	10 537	12 481	11 832	11 833	12 095
Radio and television	5 380	5 883	6 091	6 294	6 373	6 434
Motion picture and video activities	1 979	2 324	2 672	2 386	2 494	2 433

¹	Preliminary figures.
²	The delimitation of ICT-Wholesale is changed on and after 2003 because of changes in the industrial classification standard, see About statistics.
³	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.