Growth in turnover for information and communication

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The turnover from the local kind-of-activity units in the section information and communication was NOK 228.3 billion in 2015, an increase of 4 per cent compared to 2014. The value added was NOK 103.2 billion the same year.

The division motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities had the largest relative growth in turnover, by 11 per cent. The turnover in this division surpassed NOK 9 billion for the first time ever. Computer programming, consultancy and related activities had the largest absolute growth in turnover. The turnover in this division was NOK 79.5 billion in 2015, an increase of 5 NOK billion from the previous year.

Figure 1. Turnover by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
58 Publishing activities 42774.3 42959.3 41327 42012.7 41982.7 42300.8 43237.7 43537.5 43072
59 Motion picture, video and tv programme prod., sound recording and music publishing activities 6166.6 7258 7324 7500.8 8295.4 7532 8034.8 8116.7 9024.9
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 8520.8 9296.9 8905.7 9609.4 10472.9 10970.8 11424.5 12105.4 12478.6
61 Telecommunications 62662.2 65112.4 65440.2 67606.1 65005.8 65917.8 66654.3 70676 72713.6
62 Computer programming; consultancy and related activities 46281.6 50917.1 51150.2 55043.4 61953.7 64590.5 70620 74517 79564.1
63 Information service activities 6082 6329.1 6570.8 7057.8 9227.8 10205 10159.7 10654.5 11471.1

Increase in gross investments

The division telecommunications amounted to 78 per cent of the gross investments in the section information and communication. These local kind-of-activity units invested almost NOK 8.4 billion, an increase of NOK 1.2 billion from the previous year. The gross investments for the whole section made up NOK 10.7 billion in 2015, an increase of 17 per cent compared to 2014.

Higher value added

The value added in the section increased by 2.6 per cent to NOK 103.2 billion. Computer programming, consultancy and related activities had an increase of over NOK 1 billion. Value added in this division surpassed NOK 40 billion for the first time ever.

Figure 2. Value-added by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
58 Publishing activities 18411.5 18712 18904.8 19295 19210.1 19227.6 20014.4 19738.8 19739.1
59 Motion picture, video and tvprogramme prod., sound recording and music publishing activities 1804.3 2180.9 2275.5 2338.4 2894.6 2370.8 2501.7 2488 3103.7
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 3887.4 4317.2 4296.2 4555.8 5015.1 5312.6 5474.7 5461 5432.1
61 Telecommunications 22602.5 21949.5 25162.1 25731.9 24892 27672.3 28031.9 29005.9 29698.3
62 Computer programming; consultancy andrelated activities 23990.7 26585.2 27763.2 29577.7 31683.6 34180.4 36081.1 39212.7 40266.3
63 Information service activities 3003.7 3337.3 3441.3 3521.8 4718.3 5053.6 4948.1 4731.1 4982.1

The local kind-of-activity units within the section increased the employment by 1.5 per cent from 2014, to 93 648. Computer programming, consultancy and related activities had the most employees. A total of 41 763 employees were registered within this division.

Figure 3. Employment by industry group. Local kind-of-activity units

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
58 Publishing activities 24402 25288 24255 23589 22097 22182 22089 22601 21411
59 Motion picture, video and Tv programme prod., sound recording and music publishing activities 3826 4118 4258 4414 4617 4501 4597 5016 5948
60 Programming and broadcastingactivities 5981 5976 5853 5843 5938 6111 6120 6351 6228
61 Telecommunications 12776 13255 12841 13017 13232 13283 13391 13013 12797
62 Computer programming; consultancy andrelated activities 30092 31961 32760 33729 35563 37011 37772 39876 41763
63 Information service activities 3927 4043 4364 4401 5451 5455 5523 5377 5501

New data source for employment

From 2015, the Structural Business Statistics are based on a new data basis for wage earners. The main source in the period to 2014 was the NAV Employee Register (State Register). In 2015, the reporting to this registry was coordinated with the reporting of payroll and personnel data to the Tax Administration Authority and Statistics Norway. The common reporting system is called “A-ordning”. “A-ordning” generally provides data with higher quality and accuracy at the individual level, and covers more wage earner conditions than the State Register. In the State Register, employees who work less than four hours per week on average were not included.

Comparability between 2014 and 2015

Many enterprises and local KAUs within the section information and communication (J) operate within different industries. The unit is placed in the division in which it has its main activity. If a unit changes its activity it may also have to move to a different industry. This is more common within the section J than in most other industries. The result is that figures in one year may not necessarily be directly comparable to subsequent years.

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