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Steady growth in private broadband access
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2012-12-04T10:00:00.000Z
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2012

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Steady growth in private broadband access

Three in four households have fixed broadband access. The capacity of private fixed broadband access has doubled in two years.

Broadband subscriptions by market. 3rd quarter 2002-3rd quarter 2012

Broadband transmission capacity by market. Median and average values. Mbit/s. 3rd quarter 2004-3rd quarter 2012

68 000 more private fixed broadband subscriptions in a year

The number of private broadband subscriptions with fixed access on the Norwegian mainland was 1 700 000 at the end of the 3rd quarter of 2012; an increase of 68 000 subscriptions in the last 12 months. Compared to the previous quarter, this is an increase of 20 000 subscriptions.

The number of business subscriptions is 135 000. This is the same as the previous quarter and 1 per cent less than one year ago.

New increase in broadband capacity

The average transmission capacity for fixed private broadband increased to 14.8 from 13.5 Mbit/s in the previous quarter. At the same time, the median value increased to 7.9 Mbit/s compared to 7.4 in the previous quarter. Two years ago the average transmission capacity was 6.6 Mbit/s and the median value 4.1 Mbit/s.

The average transmission capacity for fixed business broadband increased to 10.3 from 9.9 Mbit/s in the previous quarter. At the same time, the median value increased to 4.9 Mbit/s compared to 4.7 in the previous quarter. The two year increase in average transmission capacity for fixed business broadband is less than for the private market, with an increase from 6.4 Mbit/s in average transmission capacity and from 3.5 Mbit/s in the median value.

Private market. Broadband subscriptions (transmission capacity larger than 128 kbit/s) as a percentage of households. 3rd quarter 2012. Municipalities

Almost 50 per cent of private broadband subscriptions had a capacity of more than 8 Mbit/s; an increase from 47 per cent in the previous quarter. Only 32 per cent of business broadband subscriptions have this capacity; an increase from 31 per cent in the previous quarter.

Private broadband subscriptions 3rd quarter 2012 by centrality of the municipality
Centrality1 Broadband subscriptions Broadband subscriptions as a percentage of households
Remote municipalities  136 152 67
Fairly remote municipalities 92 347 71
Fairly central municipalities  274 094 73
Central municipalities 1 197 532 78
1  1 Centrality 2008, Municipalities 2008.

The broadband penetration rate in private households is 76 per cent, which is an increase from last year’s 74 per cent. The figure for private broadband subscriptions per 100 households varies between 84 per cent in the county of Oslo and 64 per cent in the county of Finnmark.

The most central municipalities have the highest number of broadband subscriptions relative to the number of households, with 78 per cent compared to 67 per cent for less central municipalities.

Municipalities with highest number of private broadband subscriptions as a percentage of households, 3rd quarter 2012
Municipalities Broadband subscriptions as a percentage of households
Average for all municipalities 76.0
0941 Bykle  212.0
0817 Drangedal  115.2
1241 Fusa  109.0
1232 Eidfjord  103.6
1046 Sirdal  102.0
1640 Røros 96.4
0215 Frogn 95.9
1121 Time 95.4
0521 øyer 94.2
0940 Valle 93.9
1828 Nesna 92.9
0834 Vinje 91.7
0213 Ski 91.6
0544 øystre Slidre 89.8
1922 Bardu 89.1
0216 Nesodden 88.3
0217 Oppegård 87.2
1151 Utsira 87.1
1563 Sunndal 87.0
0926 Lillesand 86.8
1601 Trondheim 86.5

The mobile broadband access was removed because this part of the statistics is not complete and because these subscriptions cannot be distributed geographically and by download capacity in the same way as the fixed access subscriptions. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority also compiles statistics on these mobile subscriptions but without information about the geographical location or download capacity.

The number of Internet service providers reporting to this survey has been around 200 over the past few years. Market changes have reduced this number to around 170. A few small, but locally important Internet service providers, mostly cable TV providers, are still not included in the survey. Efforts have been made to include these providers. Some small errors related to the distribution of subscribers between municipalities may occur. This can have major consequences for the figures per household for some municipalities. The number of households for 2012 has been used in these statistics.

Individuals and businesses can have several Internet subscriptions and several individuals can use the same subscription. The number of subscriptions is therefore not equivalent to the number of households/businesses with Internet access. A household can for instance get Internet access through an employer, educational institution or by sharing access with other households. The survey ICT in households provides more information about households with at least one member under the age of 75 with Internet access.

The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority collects different kinds of data for its telecom statistics, i.e. numbers of fixed broadband subscriptions in the business and private markets. While the Internet Survey divides the subscriptions by municipality and transmission capacity, The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority collects information about access technology. The total figures should be close to identical. See statistics compiled by The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority .

For more information, see About the statistics.

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