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; 4
coaxial submarine cables; 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 at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
4.03 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
2.03 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.no

Internet hosts:
1,364,448 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
13 (2000)

Internet users:
3.14 million (2005)

Transportation Norway

Airports:
99 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
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 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 26 (2006)

Heliports:
1 (2006)

Pipelines:
condensate 508 km; gas 5,910 km; oil 2,557 km; oil/gas/water 746 km
(2006)

Railways:
total: 4,077 km
standard gauge: 4,077 km 1.435-m gauge (2,680 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 92,513 km
paved: 71,832 km (including 664 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,681 km (2005)

Waterways:
1,577 km (2002)

Merchant marine:
total: 724 ships (1000 GRT or over) 14,472,103 GRT/20,245,353 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 67, cargo 153, chemical tanker 150, container
2, liquefied gas 79, passenger/cargo 121, petroleum tanker 75,
refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 19, specialized tanker 2,
vehicle carrier 47
foreign-owned: 168 (China 3, Cyprus 2, Denmark 32, Estonia 1,
Finland 4, Greece 1, Hong Kong 55, Iceland 4, Italy 4, Japan 1,
Lithuania 1, Monaco 4, Netherlands 3, Poland 2, Saudi Arabia 3,
Sweden 28, UAE 1, UK 6, US 13)
registered in other countries: 861 (Antigua and Barbuda 11,
Australia 1, Bahamas 259, Barbados 29, Belize 2, Bermuda 5, Brazil
2, Cambodia 1, Canada 1, Cayman Islands 2, China 1, Comoros 1, Cook
Islands 1, Cyprus 16, Denma