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Broadband coverage continues expansion
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2007-06-27T10:00:00.000Z
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2007

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Broadband coverage continues expansion

The number of broadband subscriptions was 1 336 000 at the end of the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 267 000 since the end of the first quarter of 2006. Nine out of ten subscribers have a transmission capacity larger than 1 Mbit/s. Only two municipalities have less than 20 private broadband subscriptions per 100 households.

Private market. Broadband subscriptions (transmission capacity larger than 128 kbit/s) in per cent of households. 1st quarter 2007. Municipalities

Broadband subscriptions by market. 3rd quarter 2002 - 1st quarter 2007

Revised figures in tables 1, 3 and 4 are published 23 October 2007. Please use the tables in order to find the correct figures in the article.

At the end of the first quarter of 2007, Norway had 1 202 000 private broadband subscriptions, a 25 per cent increase since the first quarter of 2006. In the same period, the number of business broadband subscriptions increased by 27 per cent to 134 000.

87 per cent of the private broadband subscriptions have a transmission capacity larger than 1 Mbit/s. 54 per cent exceed 2 Mbit/s.

Private broadband subscriptions 1st quarter 2007, by centrality of the
municipality
Centrality1 Broadband subscriptions Broadband subscriptions in per cent of households
Remote municipalities  122 915 48
Fairly remote municipalities 75 633 53
Fairly central municipalities  283 813 56
Central municipalities  719 022 64
1  Standard Classification of Municipalities, 1994 (NOS C 192).

The most central municipalities have the highest number of broadband subscriptions relative to the number of households (64 per cent), while this figure is 48 per cent in the remote municipalities.

Only two municipalities have less than 20 private broadband subscriptions per 100 households. One year ago, 30 municipalities were in this situation. In the first quarter of 2007, 32 municipalities had between 20 and 35 private broadband subscriptions per 100 households, compared with 163 municipalities last year.

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 with regard to distributing the subscribers between municipalities have been discovered. This may have strong effects on the figures per household for some municipalities.

Municipalities with highest number of private broadband
subscriptions in per cent of households, 1st quarter 2007
Municipalities Broadband subscriptions in per cent of households
$Average for all municipalities 59.0
1252 Modalen 95.2
0941 Bykle 92.1
1835 Træna 89.3
1121 Time 81.6
1001 Kristiansand 81.1
1018 Søgne 78.3
1563 Sunndal 76.2
0520 Ringebu 73.8
1221 Stord 72.0
1122 Gjesdal 71.3
1102 Sandnes 70.6
1124 Sola 70.4
0219 Bærum 70.1
0233 Nittedal 70.0
1103 Stavanger 69.3
1804 Bodø 69.3
1556 Frei 69.0
0213 Ski 68.5
1127 Randaberg 68.2
0906 Arendal 67.9
0217 Oppegård 67.8
1017 Songdalen 67.8
0220 Asker 67.4

Individuals and businesses may have several Internet subscriptions and several individuals may use the same subscription. The number of subscriptions is therefore not equal to the number of households/businesses with Internet access. For example, a household can get Internet access through an employer, educational institutions or by sharing access with other households. The survey on ICT in households contains more information about households with Internet access.

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