Norway - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Norway was 1,649,715 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,775,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of 454,900 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 454,900
1965 582,600
1970 742,300
1975 913,900
1976 955,900
1977 1,004,500
1978 1,054,400
1979 1,114,200
1980 1,197,287
1981 1,297,653
1982 1,425,512
1983 1,554,194
1984 1,657,403
1985 1,757,656
1986 1,861,412
1987 1,948,680
1988 2,016,213
1989 2,070,249
1990 2,132,290
1991 2,198,243
1992 2,268,486
1993 2,334,836
1994 2,394,000
1995 2,444,000
1996 2,484,000
1997 2,775,000
1998 2,475,000
1999 2,446,000
2000 2,401,000
2001 2,337,856
2002 2,316,919
2003 2,236,113
2004 2,180,429
2005 2,108,628
2006 2,055,057
2007 1,988,166
2008 1,899,519
2009 1,770,923
2010 1,649,715

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Norway was 33.74 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62.99 in 1997 and a minimum value of 12.70 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 12.70
1965 15.65
1970 19.15
1975 22.81
1976 23.74
1977 24.84
1978 25.98
1979 27.36
1980 29.30
1981 31.65
1982 34.64
1983 37.65
1984 40.03
1985 42.33
1986 44.67
1987 46.54
1988 47.90
1989 48.98
1990 50.27
1991 51.58
1992 52.92
1993 54.15
1994 55.20
1995 56.07
1996 56.70
1997 62.99
1998 55.85
1999 54.82
2000 53.46
2001 51.79
2002 51.05
2003 48.99
2004 47.48
2005 45.61
2006 44.09
2007 42.22
2008 39.84
2009 36.67
2010 33.74

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications