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Increase in fixed broadband subscriptions
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2016-11-18T08:00:00.000Z
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The Internet survey (discontinued in Statistics Norway), 2016

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Increase in fixed broadband subscriptions

There are almost 2 083 000 fixed broadband subscriptions in Norway. Eighty-four per cent of households have fixed broadband.

Fixed broadband subscriptionsPublished 18 November 2016
3rd quarter 20162nd quarter 20163rd quarter 20153rd quarter 2015 - 3rd quarter 2016
ChangeChange i per cent
Fixed broadband2 082 5642 061 4082 017 07365 4913.2
Private broadband
Private broadband subscriptions1 947 4761 928 8251 882 57464 9023.4
Private broadband subscriptions per 100 households84.083.280.13.94.9
Average transmission capacity (Mbit/s)44.843.033.311.534.5
Median transmission capacity (Mbit/s)26.926.324.42.510.2
Business broadband
Business broadband subscriptions135 088132 583134 4995890.4
Average transmission capacity (Mbit/s)25.224.520.44.823.5
Median transmission capacity (Mbit/s)13.413.010.43.028.8

Source: Statistics Norway

The number of private broadband subscriptions with fixed access in Norway, including Svalbard, was 1 947 000 in the third quarter of 2016. Compared to the same quarter last year, this is an increase of 65 000 subscriptions.

In total, the calculated broadband penetration rate in the third quarter of 2016 is 84 per cent, compared to 83 per cent in the previous quarter.

Large one-year increase in private broadband speed

The average transmission capacity for fixed private broadband has increased by 35 per cent to 44.8 Mbit/s in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the same quarter in 2015. In the second quarter of 2016, the average transmission capacity was 43.0 Mbit/s.

The median value increased from 26.3 to 26.9 Mbit/s from the second to the third quarter of 2016. Compared to the third quarter of 2015, the median value has increased by 10 per cent. The median value for business broadband has increased to 13.4 Mbit/s from 10.4 Mbit/s in the third quarter of 2015.

New definition of householdsOpen and readClose

From the 4th quarter of 2014 household figures from 1 January 2014 is used. The general increase in population and households reduces the penetration rate for private broadband by 1.5 percentage points. Additionally, another 1.5 pp reduction is caused by a new way of treating students. Even unmarried students are now registered in households at the place they study.