GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.928 million (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.287 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern in all respects; one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe
domestic: Norway has a domestic satellite system; moreover, the prevalence of rural areas encourages the wide use of cellular-mobile systems instead of fixed-wire systems
international: country code - 47; 2 buried coaxial cable systems; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - NA Eutelsat, NA Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Norway shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden) (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 160, shortwave 1 (2008)

Television broadcast stations:
69 (2008)

Internet country code:
.no

Internet hosts:
3.198 million (2009)