Norway - Broadband Market Insights, Statistics and Forecasts

1. Synopsis

2. Overview

2.1 Broadband statistics

2.2 Government support

3. Cable modems

4. Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

4.1 Overview

4.2 Telenor

4.3 NextGenTel

4.4 Other DSL developments

4.4.1 SDSL

4.4.2 ADSL2+

4.4.3 VDSL

5. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

5.1 Overview

5.2 Utilities

5.3 Telenor

5.4 Other developments

6. Broadband Powerline (BPL)

7. Wireless broadband

7.1 Overview

7.2 Wireless broadband 2.3GHz band

7.3 Wireless LANs

7.4 WiFi

7.5 WiMAX

7.6 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

7.7 Mobile broadband

7.8 Internet via satellite

8. E-Health

8.1 Forecasts broadband subscribers 2013; 2015; 2020

8.2 Scenario 1 higher broadband subscriber growth

8.3 Scenario 2 lower broadband subscriber growth

8.4 Notes on scenario forecasts

9. Related reports

Table 1 Broadband market revenue 2003 - 2015

Table 2 Internet users and penetration rate 1995 - 2004

Table 3 Internet users and penetration rate 2005 - 2015

Table 4 Fixed broadband subscribers 1999 - 2014

Table 5 Annual net adds in broadband connections, by type 2008 - 2014

Table 6 Broadband market share by technology 2006 - 2014

Table 7 Broadband market share of subscribers by operator 2011 - 2014

Table 8 Broadband penetration by technology 2004 - 2014

Table 9 Residential broadband connections by access speed 2013 - 2014

Table 10 Get financial data (historic) 2008 - 2009

Table 11 Cable subscribers 1999 - 2014

Table 12 Market share of cable broadband subscribers by provider 2011 - 2014

Table 13 ADSL subscribers 2000 - 2015

Table 14 Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops 2005 - 2014

Table 15 NextGenTel broadband revenue (historic) 2007 - 2013

Table 16 NextGenTel broadband ARPU (historic) 2006 - 2013

Table 17 NextGenTel broadband subscribers 2006 - 2014

Table 18 Fibre broadband subscribers 2005 - 2015

Table 19 WLAN subscribers (historic) 2000 - 2007

Table 20 Mobile broadband subscribers 2006 - 2014

Table 21 Mobile broadband data traffic and revenue 2006 - 2015

Table 22 Nordisk Mobiltelefon mobile broadband subscribers (historic) 2006 - 2008

Table 23 Historic - Market share of mobile broadband subscribers by provider 2010 - 2013

Table 24 Market share of mobile broadband subscribers by provider 2012 - 2014

Table 25 Forecast broadband subscribers higher market growth scenario 2013; 2015; 2020

Table 26 Forecast broadband subscribers lower market growth scenario 2013; 2015; 2020

Chart 1 Internet users and penetration rate 2005 2015

Chart 2 Total fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rate 1999 2014

Chart 3 Broadband market share by technology 2006 2014

Chart 4 - Telenor retail broadband subscribers and local loops 2005 - 2014

Norway - Broadband Market Insights, Statistics and Forecasts

Norway's broadband penetration is among the highest in Europe, the result of a technologically savvy populace and the efforts of providers to migrate subscribers to fast broadband services, now focussed on fibre networks, VDSL and upgraded cable infrastructure. Telenor and NextGenTel/Telio are the leading ISPs, though a number of smaller operators and resellers are also active. Mobile broadband has also become a key development, with LTE networks among the most advanced in the world. This report profiles Norway's fixed and wireless broadband markets, together with developments in related technologies such as Broadband Powerline, wireless broadband, and internet via satellite. The report also provides broadband forecasting scenarios to 2020, and assesses the strategies of the main players.

Key developments:

Broadband revenue growth slows; mobile broadband subscriber base increasing; Telenor purchases two local fibre providers; Ventelo restructures business divisions; Altibox launches mobile broadband; Telio buys NextGenTel; Accenture awarded five-year contract to build an electronic health record system; regulator's market data to June 2014; telcos' operating and financial data to Q4 2014; recent market developments.

Companies covered in this report include:

Telenor, NextGenTel, Lyse, NetCom, Nordisk Mobiltelefon.