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Slow broadband growth due to technical adjustments
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2013-06-20T10:00:00.000Z
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2013

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Slow broadband growth due to technical adjustments

The number of private fixed broadband connections has increased by 6 000 in the last quarter. The average capacity of private fixed broadband access increased 28 per cent last year. For business broadband, the increase was 26 per cent.

Fixed broadband subscriptionsPublished 20 June 2013
1st quarter 20134th quarter 20121st quarter 20121st quarter 2012 - 1st quarter 2013
ChangeChange i per cent
Fixed broadband1 856 7741 851 6061 808 19648 5782.7
Private broadband
Private broadband subscriptions1 721 6671 716 0001 671 91149 7563.0
Private broadband subscriptions per 100 households76.276.774.71.52.0
Average transmission capacity (Mbit/s)16.515.612.83.728.9
Median transmission capacity (Mbit/s)9.18.67.21.926.4
Business broadband
Business broadband subscriptions135 107135 606136 285-1 178-0.9
Average transmission capacity (Mbit/s)11.511.09.12.426.4
Median transmission capacity (Mbit/s)5.55.34.41.125.0

Source: Statistics Norway

The number of private broadband subscriptions with fixed access in Norway, including Svalbard, was 1 722 000 at the end of the 1st quarter of 2013; an increase of 50 000 subscriptions in the last 12 months. Compared to the previous quarter, this is an increase of 6 000 subscriptions. Some of the larger Internet service providers have reported a technical change in their reporting routines, causing a drop in their reported numbers of private subscriptions. In total, this amounts to less than 1 per cent of private broadband subscriptions, but the effects on local figures may be considerably larger.

The number of business subscriptions is stable at around 135 000.

Steady increase in broadband capacity

The average transmission capacity for fixed private broadband increased to 16.5 from 15.6 Mbit/s in the previous quarter. At the same time, the median value increased to 9.1 Mbit/s compared to 8.6 in the previous quarter. One year ago, the average transmission capacity was 12.8 Mbit/s and the median value was 7.2 Mbit/s.

The average transmission capacity for fixed business broadband increased to 11.5 from 11.0 Mbit/s in the previous quarter. At the same time, the median value increased to 5.5 Mbit/s compared to 5.3 in the previous quarter.

Private broadband subscriptions with a capacity of more than 8 Mbit/s total 53 per cent; an increase from 51 per cent in the previous quarter. Only 36 per cent of business broadband subscriptions have this capacity; an increase from 34 per cent in the previous quarter.

The broadband penetration rate in private households is 76 per cent, which is an increase from last year’s 75 per cent. The figure for private broadband subscriptions per 100 households varies between 85 per cent in the county of Oslo and 63 per cent in the county of Finnmark.

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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 potentially locally important Internet service providers, mostly cable TV providers, may still not be 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.