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Norway:
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Other pages in this profile of Norway:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 2.055 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 442.5 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 5.041 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,085.4 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition 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 |
Definition AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .no |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2.084 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 448.7 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 4.074 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 877.2 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 98 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 67 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 29 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 31 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 25 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 508 km; gas 6,529 km; oil 2,444 km; oil/gas/water 457 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 4,114 km standard gauge: 4,114 km 1.435-m gauge (2,552 km electrified) (2008) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 92,946 km paved: 72,033 km (includes 664 km of expressways) unpaved: 20,913 km (2007) |
Waterways |
Definition 1,577 km (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 698 ships (1000 GRT or over) 16,366,900 GRT/22,195,880 DWT by type: bulk carrier 48, cargo 148, carrier 1, chemical tanker 136, combination ore/oil 12, container 5, liquefied gas 65, passenger/cargo 119, petroleum tanker 87, refrigerated cargo 14, roll on/roll off 12, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 50 foreign-owned: 166 (Canada 10, Chile 2, China 41, Cyprus 2, Denmark 29, Estonia 1, Finland 1, France 3, Germany 2, Greece 3, Hong Kong 6, Iceland 3, Italy 4, Japan 1, Lithuania 1, Monaco 5, Netherlands 1, Poland 4, Saudi Arabia 3, Singapore 1, Sweden 30, UK 5, US 8) registered in other countries: 960 (Antigua and Barbuda 5, Australia 1, Bahamas 229, Barbados 40, Belize 3, Bermuda 5, Brazil 2, Canada 3, Cayman Islands 1, China 1, Comoros 1, Cook Islands 5, Cyprus 17, Denmark 2, Dominica 1, Estonia 2, Faroe Islands 4, Finland 3, France 3, Gibraltar 31, Hong Kong 40, Isle of Man 23, Italy 2, Liberia 40, Libya 1, Malta 98, Marshall Islands 66, Mexico 1, Netherlands 9, Netherlands Antilles 5, Nigeria 1, Panama 70, Philippines 2, Portugal 2, Singapore 164, South Korea 4, Spain 8, St Vincent and the Grenadines 15, Sweden 7, Tuvalu 1, UK 30, US 9, unknown 3) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Bergen, Borg Havn, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo, Sture |
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