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439 Telecommunication services. 31 December1
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Subscriptions on fixed line telephony                
Number of fixed lines/subscriptions 2 119 334 2 046 950 1 979 016 1 899 519 1 770 923 1 647 400 1 522 209 1 396 016
PSTN connections 1 292 564 1 159 254 1 068 345 1 000 303  916 374  848 673  783 737  708 037
ISDN Basic lines  629 339  499 864  431 599  374 210  321 905  275 176  234 754  196 560
ISDN Primary lines 9 577 9 783 9 943 9 968 8 608 8 243 7 203 7 200
Telephony through cable TV network 20 933 13 684 10 276 7 227 5 305 3 646  591  141
Broadband connection  166 896  364 344  458 833  507 811  518 731  511 662  495 924  484 078
Other types of connections/subscriptions 25 21 20 0 0 0 0 0
                 
Mobile telephony                
Mobile telephony subscriptions 4 754 453 4 868 916 5 037 650 5 211 207 5 354 554 5 599 286 5 725 447 5 826 969
SMS messages (1 000 000) 4 630 5 225 5 764 6 290 6 529 6 425 6 424 6 433
Content services (1 000 000)  375  346  344  415  384  315  414  468
MMS messages (1 000 000) 91 99  115  127  108  109  108  131
1  The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority have revised previously published data. Figures have been updated accordingly.
Source: The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority.
More information:  http://www.npt.no/ 

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