The Norwegian Electronic
Communication Service Market
First half 2015
22 October 2015
Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 8
2 Development trends ............................................................................................................... 10
2.1
Telephony ................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2
Fixed and mobile broadband...................................................................................................... 13
2.3
Total revenues ............................................................................................................................ 16
3 Fixed telephony ...................................................................................................................... 18
3.1
Subscriptions .............................................................................................................................. 18
3.2
Traffic.......................................................................................................................................... 20
3.3
Sales revenues ............................................................................................................................ 22
3.4
Market shares............................................................................................................................. 24
4 Mobile services ....................................................................................................................... 29
4.1
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 29
4.2
Subscriptions .............................................................................................................................. 29
4.3
Traffic.......................................................................................................................................... 32
4.3.1
Minutes............................................................................................................................. 32
4.3.2
Messages .......................................................................................................................... 33
4.3.3
Data traffic ........................................................................................................................ 35
4.4
Sales revenues ............................................................................................................................ 37
4.4.1
Mobile telephony ............................................................................................................. 37
4.4.2
Mobile broadband ............................................................................................................ 38
4.4.3
Combined sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile broadband ..................... 39
4.5
Market shares............................................................................................................................. 40
4.5.1
Mobile telephony ............................................................................................................. 40
4.5.2
Mobile broadband ............................................................................................................ 42
4.5.3
Mobile telephony and mobile broadband combined ...................................................... 42
4.6
International roaming ................................................................................................................ 44
4.6.1
About international roaming ............................................................................................ 44
4.6.2
Norwegian subscribers abroad......................................................................................... 45
4.6.3
Foreign subscribers in Norway ......................................................................................... 46
4.7
Machine-to-machine communication ........................................................................................ 47
5 Fixed broadband ..................................................................................................................... 49
5.1
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 49
5.2
Subscriptions .............................................................................................................................. 49
5.2.1
Marketed line speed......................................................................................................... 51
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5.3
Sales revenues ............................................................................................................................ 56
5.4
Market shares............................................................................................................................. 58
6 Transmission of TV signals ...................................................................................................... 63
6.1
Introduction................................................................................................................................ 63
6.2
Subscriptions .............................................................................................................................. 64
6.3
Sales revenues ............................................................................................................................ 65
6.3.1
The sales concept ............................................................................................................. 65
6.3.2
Developments in sales revenues ...................................................................................... 65
6.4
Market shares............................................................................................................................. 66
Appendix: Operative providers of telephony and broadband at 30 June 2015 ......................... 70
List of figures
Figure 1 Development in the number of subscriptions for fixed telephony and mobile
telephony. Residential and business subscriptions .......................................................... 10
Figure 2 Annual changes in number of fixed telephony and mobile telephony subscriptions.
Residential and business subscriptions ........................................................................... 11
Figure 3 Development in traffic from the fixed network and mobile networks .......................... 12
Figure 4 Average number of traffic minutes per subscription per month from fixed-line
telephones and mobile phones ........................................................................................ 12
Figure 5 Development in the number of subscriptions for fixed and mobile broadband.
Residential and business subscriptions ........................................................................... 13
Figure 6 Spread of fixed broadband and VoIP among households ......................................... 14
Figure 7 Number of subscriptions broken down by access technology. Residential and
business subscriptions .................................................................................................... 14
Figure 8 Annual change in fixed broadband subscriptions broken down into xDSL, cable TV
network and fibre. Annual change in mobile broadband subscriptions. Residential and
business subscriptions .................................................................................................... 15
Figure 9 Total sales revenues. Residential and business subscriptions combined. NOK million
........................................................................................................................................ 16
Figure 10 Share of the total sales revenues for the largest providers ..................................... 17
Figure 11 Number of subscriptions broken down into PSTN/ISDN and VoIP .......................... 18
Figure 12 Share of households in Norway with a fixed telephony subscription ....................... 19
Figure 13 Development in traffic minutes from fixed telephones ............................................. 20
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Figure 14 Voice traffic from fixed-line telephones broken down by direction. Million minutes .. 21
Figure 15 Fixed telephony sales in the business market for different traffic directions and
subscriptions. NOK million............................................................................................... 23
Figure 16 Telenor's share of traffic minutes and total sales revenues. Business and residential
markets ........................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 17 Fixed telephony, market share by revenues, residential and business markets ...... 26
Figure 18 Fixed telephony, market share by traffic minutes, residential and business markets
........................................................................................................................................ 26
Figure 19 Broadband telephony, market share by sales revenues, residential and business
markets ........................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 20 Broadband telephony, market share by traffic minutes, residential and business
markets ........................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 21 Number of subscriptions for mobile telephony ........................................................ 30
Figure 22 Number of mobile telephony subscriptions that are active for mobile data. Number of
subscriptions that include 1 GB and 5 GB or more per month ......................................... 31
Figure 23 Number of special subscriptions for mobile broadband ........................................... 32
Figure 24 Traffic minutes from mobile phones, broken down by direction of traffic ................. 33
Figure 25 Number of SMS messages sent ............................................................................. 34
Figure 26 Number of MMS messages sent............................................................................. 34
Figure 27 Number of content messages sent ......................................................................... 35
Figure 28 Development in data traffic for mobile telephony subscriptions and special
subscriptions for mobile broadband ................................................................................. 36
Figure 29 Average monthly data volume per mobile broadband subscription ......................... 37
Figure 30 Mobile telephony sales revenues............................................................................ 38
Figure 31 Sales revenues from special subscriptions for mobile broadband broken down into
residential subscriptions and business subscriptions ....................................................... 39
Figure 32 Market shares for mobile telephony subscriptions .................................................. 40
Figure 33 Mobile telephony subscriptions broken down into residential and business
customers ....................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 34 Market shares for special subscriptions for mobile broadband ................................ 42
Figure 35 Market shares for total data traffic for mobile telephony and mobile broadband ...... 43
Figure 36 Market shares for the combined sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile
broadband ....................................................................................................................... 44
Figure 37 Development in traffic volumes. Norwegian subscribers abroad ............................. 45
Figure 38 Development in earnings and costs. Norwegian subscribers abroad ...................... 46
Figure 39 Development in traffic volumes. Foreign subscribers in Norway ............................. 46
Figure 40 Development in earnings. Foreign subscribers in Norway ...................................... 47
Figure 41 Number of SIM cards for machine-to-machine communication (M2M) .................... 48
Figure 42 Number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. Business market.............................. 49
Figure 43 Number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. Business market.............................. 50
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Figure 44 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential and
business markets. All forms of access ............................................................................. 52
Figure 45 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential
customers. Downstream speed ....................................................................................... 53
Figure 46 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential
customers. Upstream speed ............................................................................................ 54
Figure 47 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Business customers.
Downstream speed ......................................................................................................... 55
Figure 48 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Business customers.
Upstream speed .............................................................................................................. 55
Figure 49 Fixed broadband sales. Business market ............................................................... 56
Figure 50 Fixed broadband sales. Business market ............................................................... 57
Figure 51 Fixed broadband sales. Residential and business markets..................................... 57
Figure 52 Market shares for mobile broadband measured by number of subscriptions.
Residential market........................................................................................................... 58
Figure 53 Market shares for fixed broadband measured by sales revenues. Residential market
........................................................................................................................................ 59
Figure 54 Market shares for broadband measured by sales revenues. Business market........ 59
Figure 55 Market shares for fixed broadband via xDSL, measured by sales revenues.
Residential and business markets. .................................................................................. 60
Figure 56 Market shares for fixed broadband via cable TV network, measured by sales
revenues. Residential and business markets................................................................... 61
Figure 57 Market shares for fixed broadband via fibre, measured by sales revenues.
Residential and business markets. .................................................................................. 61
Figure 58 Number of subscriptions for reception of TV signals at the end of the period .......... 64
Figure 59 Number of TV subscriptions broken down by form of access. Percentage breakdown
........................................................................................................................................ 65
Figure 60 Sales revenues from distribution of TV signals broken down by form of access ..... 66
Figure 61 Market shares for distribution of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
All forms of access .......................................................................................................... 67
Figure 62 Market shares for transmission of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
Cable TV ......................................................................................................................... 68
Figure 63 Market shares for transmission of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
Fibre ................................................................................................................................ 69
Tables
Table 1 Development in the number of providers in the electronic communications market,
broken down by service category ...................................................................................... 8
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Table 2 Number of PSTN, ISDN and broadband telephony (VoIP) subscriptions in the
residential market ............................................................................................................ 19
Table 3 Number of PSTN, ISDN and broadband telephony (VoIP) subscriptions in the
business market .............................................................................................................. 20
Table 4 Number of call minutes from fixed-line telephones broken down into residential and
business. Million minutes................................................................................................. 21
Table 5 Calls from fixed network to fixed network, mobile network and abroad. Residential
market. Million minutes .................................................................................................... 22
Table 6 Calls from fixed network to fixed network, mobile network and abroad. Business
market. Million minutes .................................................................................................... 22
Table 7 Fixed telephony sales in the residential market and the business market. NOK million
........................................................................................................................................ 24
Table 8 Sales revenues per minute for fixed telephony .......................................................... 24
Table 9 Development in data traffic for mobile telephony subscriptions and special
subscriptions for mobile broadband. Figures in 1,000 GB................................................ 36
Table 10 Sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile broadband. NOK million ........... 39
Table 11 Market shares for mobile telephony measured by service category. First half of 2015.
........................................................................................................................................ 41
Table 12 Traffic and sales revenues from machine-to-machine communication. Figures in
millions ............................................................................................................................ 48
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Key figures
1st half
2014
1st half
2015
1,157,071
1 ,029,545
-11.0 %
Of which number of subscriptions for PSTN, ISDN
723,834
620,075.
-14.3 %
Of which number of subscriptions for VoIP
433,237.
409,470.
-5.5 %
Traffic from fixed-line telephones (million minutes)
1,731.
1,395.
-19.4 %
Fixed telephony sales revenues (NOK million)
1,780.
1,619.
-9.0 %
5,845,423
5,841,088
-0.1 %
554,747
511,123
-7.9 %
1,031,464
1,148,189
11.2 %
Voice calls from mobile phones (million minutes)
6,790
7,081
4.3 %
Number of SMS messages sent (millions)
3,014
3,138
4.1 %
Number of MMS messages sent (millions)
82
87
6.2 %
Data traffic from mobile phones and mobile broadband (million GB)
27
45
65.4 %
8,720
9,000
3.2 %
1,936,488
2,002,559
3.4 %
Of which number of subscriptions based on xDSL
762,620
712,482
-6.6 %
Of which number of subscriptions based on cable TV network
597,595
623,292
4.3 %
Of which number of subscriptions based on fibre
534,487
622,449
16.5 %
41,786
44,336
6.1 %
4,082
4,339
6.3 %
14,595
14,958
2.0 %
2,215,070
2,225,773
0.5 %
4,091
4,217
3.1 %
Change
Fixed telephony:
Total number of subscribers to fixed telephony
Mobile services:
Number of subscriptions for mobile telephony
Number of special subscriptions for mobile broadband
Number of SIM cards for M2M communication
Sales revenues from mobile services (million minutes)
Fixed broadband:
Number of subscriptions for fixed broadband.
Of which number of subscriptions based on other technologies
Fixed broadband sales revenues (NOK million)
TOTAL SALES REVENUES
Total sales revenues from electronic communications services
(NOK million)
Transmission of TV signals:
Number of subscriptions
Sales revenues from transmission of TV signals (NOK million)
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1 Introduction
Twice a year, the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) presents statistics showing
key developments in the markets for electronic communications services. The reports are
based on figures obtained from all the providers of electronic communications services. One
report covers statistics for entire years and is published in May every year, and the other report
covers the first half of the year and is published in October each year.
The statistics in both the full-year and half-year reports include fixed telephony (including
broadband telephony), mobile telephony and other mobile services, broadband and
transmission of TV signals. The full-year report also includes data communication services and
transmission capacity (leased lines). The statistics mainly cover subscriptions and sales
revenues, and traffic where relevant. The market shares of the largest providers are also
described.
Table 1 shows the total number of operative providers on which the annual statistics are
based. The total number of providers has decreased almost every year since 2010. Nkom has
collected data from 167 providers as of the first half of 2015. The annual decrease reflects
changes in the market in this period, including mergers, acquisitions and disposals. There are
also fewer newly established providers compared with previously. Each of the individual
service areas sees bigger or smaller changes every year. The number of providers of fixed
telephony and mobile services declines, while there are more broadband providers. Most of
the providers have operations in more than one service area.
The appendix contains a list of the individual providers within telephony and broadband.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half
2015
Fixed telephony
75
74
72
73
73
70
Of which VoIP
68
68
67
69
67
64
Mobile telephony
27
23
20
21
23
20
Mobile broadband
13
19
22
20
23
17
Fixed broadband
158
154
148
144
142
145
Data communication services
25
31
26
28
25
Leased lines
28
42
48
41
45
Transmission of TV signals
81
82
76
76
78
79
TOTAL
195
195
187
182
178
167
Table 1 Development in the number of providers in the electronic communications market,
broken down by service category
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Some of the figures from previous years have been restated. Nkom carries out thorough
quality control of the reports submitted by the providers. Sometimes, however, we do not
uncover erroneous reports until we can compare data from several years. The numerical data
in this report may therefore contain minor errors.
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2 Development trends
2.1 Telephony
Figure 1 shows the development in the number of subscriptions for fixed telephony and mobile
telephony1 from 2003 on. Fixed telephony includes broadband telephony (VoIP) from 2003
(when this service was introduced) onwards. At the end of the first half of 2015 there were
almost 1.03 million subscriptions for fixed telephony and over 5.84 million subscriptions for
mobile telephony.
7 000
Subscriptions in thousands
6 000
5 000
4 000
Mobile telephony
3 000
Fixed telephony
2 000
1 000
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1st
half
2015
Figure 1 Development in the number of subscriptions for fixed telephony and mobile
telephony. Residential and business subscriptions
There has been a decline in the number of fixed telephony subscriptions each year since
2003. Up to 2008 the annual reduction was a good deal smaller than 100,000 subscriptions.
Since 2009 the annual reduction has remained relatively stable at over 100,000 subscriptions.
Figure 2 shows annual changes in the number of subscriptions for mobile telephony and fixed
telephony, measured at the end of every half year since 2009. Broadband telephony grew in
prevalence until the end of 2009 when the number of subscriptions reached a peak of almost
516,000. Since then, the number of subscriptions for broadband telephony has fallen each
year and constitutes just over 409,000 subscriptions at the end of the first half of 2015.
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1
Figure 1 also includes subscriptions for NMT (Nordisk Mobiltelefonsystem – Nordic Mobile Telephony) for 2003
and 2004. NMT is also referred to as a first-generation (1G) automatic mobile telephony system. This network
opened in Norway in 1981 and was partly closed in 2001 (NMT-900), with final closure at the end of 2004 (NMT450).
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The number of subscriptions for mobile telephony rose sharply each year until 2005. The
period 2006–2011 saw large annual variations in growth. Since 2011 the annual growth has
slowed down considerably compared with the previous years. In this context subscriptions
include post-paid subscriptions and pre-paid subscriptions, i.e. active pre-paid cards2. The
proportion of pre-paid cards has decreased significantly in the period from 2002, when prepaid cards constituted some 40 per cent of subscriptions. At the end of the first half of 2015,
the share of pre-paid cards was about 22 per cent.
300
250
Number of subscriptions in thousands
200
150
100
50
Mobile telephony
Fixed telephony
0
-50
-100
-150
-200
1st half
2009
1st half
2010
1st half
2011
1st half
2012
1st half
2013
1st half
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 2 Annual changes in number of fixed telephony and mobile telephony subscriptions.
Residential and business subscriptions
Figure 3 shows the change in originated traffic measured in minutes. Traffic minutes
originating from the fixed network include both voice calls and traffic to dial-up Internet. Traffic
to dial-up Internet has been negligible in the last few years. Total traffic from fixed telephony
and mobile telephony declined substantially until roughly 2008. Much of this was due to the
decline in traffic to dial-up Internet. From 2008, the annual decline in the total number of traffic
minutes has been smaller. Mobile traffic comprises a steadily growing share of the total traffic.
In the first half of 2015, traffic from mobile telephones constituted nearly 84 per cent of total
traffic, compared with roughly 47 per cent in 2007.
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2
Nkom regards a pre-paid card as a subscription when it is active, i.e. it has generated traffic on a mobile network
in the last three months.
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Million minutes
14 000
90%
12 000
80%
10 000
70%
8 000
60%
6 000
50%
4 000
40%
2 000
30%
0
20%
Traffic from fixed networks
Traffic from mobile networks
Share traffic from mobile
networks
Figure 3 Development in traffic from the fixed network and mobile networks
The rapid growth in traffic from mobile networks is due to an increase in the number of mobile
subscriptions and the fact that each subscription is generating more traffic on average. Figure
4 shows that there has been an increase in the average number of traffic minutes per
subscription for mobile telephony, but this growth is beginning to level off. There has been a
substantial decline in fixed telephony in the same period. The difference between the average
number of traffic minutes per subscription from fixed telephony and mobile telephony is getting
smaller. In the first half of 2015, the gap was less than 24 minutes on average per month.
700
Number of minutes
600
500
400
300
From mobile phone
From fixed-lines
200
100
0
Figure 4 Average number of traffic minutes per subscription per month from fixed-line
telephones and mobile phones
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2.2 Fixed and mobile broadband
Figure 5 shows the development in subscriptions for fixed and mobile broadband3 from 2004.
At the end of 2004, there were just over 670,000 subscriptions for fixed broadband. By the end
of the first half of 2015, the number of subscriptions had passed 2 million. Mobile broadband
was introduced in 2006. At the end of the first half of 2015, the number of subscribers was just
over 511,000,
Number of subscriptions in thousands
2 500
2 000
1 500
Fixed broadband
1 000
Mobile broadband
500
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1st
half
2015
Figure 5 Development in the number of subscriptions for fixed and mobile broadband.
Residential and business subscriptions
Figure 6 shows the percentage of households in Norway with a fixed broadband subscription
and the share of broadband customers who also have VoIP4. The share of households with
fixed broadband has been rising, and in 2014 and the first half of 2015 the share is at 78 per
cent. The growth in the number of residential broadband subscriptions was thus larger than the
increase in the number of households in the entire period to 2014.
Until 2007, an increasing share of households with fixed broadband also had VoIP. In 2007
and 2008 this share was roughly 35 per cent. Since 2008, this share has declined slightly, and
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Dedicated mobile broadband not linked to a mobile telephony subscription.
4
Nkom uses figures from Statistics Norway (SSB) on the development in the number of private households in
Norway. The number of households at the end of the first half of 2015 has been estimated by Nkom. In 2013, SSB
changed its definition of "household". This led to an extraordinary increase in the number of households in 2013. In
turn, this means that the percentage share of the number of households with broadband does not increase from
2012 to 2013.
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at the end of the first half of 2015 some 20 per cent of households with broadband also had
VoIP.
100%
80%
60%
Share of households with
broadband subscription
40%
Share of broadband subscribers with
broadband telephony
20%
0%
Figure 6 Spread of fixed broadband and VoIP among households
Figure 7 shows the number of broadband subscriptions broken down by access technology. At
the end of the first half of 2015, broadband based on xDSL, cable TV networks or fibre
accounts for almost all of the total number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. The number of
subscriptions for these three access technologies is levelling out. The numbers of
subscriptions based on cable TV networks and on fibre are now almost equal.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
1 200
1 000
800
600
xDSL
Cable-TV
400
Fibre
Mobile broadband
200
0
Figure 7 Number of subscriptions broken down by access technology. Residential and
business subscriptions
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Figure 8 shows the annual change in the numbers of subscriptions for each of these three
access technologies and for mobile broadband. For a long time, fixed broadband based on
xDSL reigned relatively supreme, and this technology is still the most common. There was
strong annual growth in xDSL subscriptions up until 2007. Since 2008 there has been an
annual reduction in the number of xDSL subscriptions. At the end of the first half of 2015 fixed
broadband via cable TV network is the second most prevalent access technology. Cable TV
networks saw increasing annual growth until 2009. Since 2010 the annual growth has slowed
off. From 2011 the annual growth for fibre-based subscriptions has been higher than the
growth in subscriptions based on cable TV network.
The first years after mobile broadband was introduced saw significant growth in the number of
subscriptions. However, since 2013 there has been a decline in the number of subscriptions
for mobile broadband only. At the end of the first half of 2015 there were more than 511,000
subscriptions for mobile broadband only. This corresponds to about 25 per cent of the total
number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. Additionally, a large majority of mobile users use
mobile broadband through their ordinary mobile subscription.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
250
200
150
100
50
xDSL
Cable-TV
Fibre
0
Mobile broadband
-50
-100
Figure 8 Annual change in fixed broadband subscriptions broken down into xDSL, cable TV
network and fibre. Annual change in mobile broadband subscriptions. Residential and
business subscriptions
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2.3 Total revenues
Figure 9 shows the development in end-user sales for fixed telephony, mobile services and
fixed broadband5. Mobile services include mobile broadband subscriptions, special
subscriptions for mobile broadband and mobile-to-mobile communication (M2M).
End-user sales revenues are the amount customers are invoiced for. This figure does not,
however, cover earnings from distribution of TV signals since a large portion of this revenue is
payment for content and does not therefore count as electronic communication services. Sales
revenue from distribution of TV signals is described in more detail in section 6.3. The sales
figures for mobile telephony do not include wholesale earnings from termination and
international roaming (foreign mobile users in Norway). Nor are retail earnings from
international roaming (Norwegian mobile users abroad) included. International roaming is
described in more detail in section 4.6. Earnings from the sale or lease of mobile phones and
other terminals or physical equipment are not generally included as end-user revenues.
From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, there was an increase in total sales of about
NOK 363 million. By comparison, there was an increase of just over NOK 216 million from the
first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014. Total sales in the first half of 2015 amounted to almost
NOK 15 billion.
16 000
14 000
NOK million
12 000
10 000
8 000
Mobile services
Fixed broadband
6 000
Fixed telephony
4 000
Total
2 000
-
Figure 9 Total sales revenues. Residential and business subscriptions combined. NOK million
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Up until the first half of 2014, the figures for fixed broadband include sales revenues from dial-up Internet.
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Sales of mobile services amounted to about NOK 9.0 billion in the first half of 2015, accounting
for about 60 per cent of the total revenues in the first half of 2015. Sales of mobile services
were nearly 280 million higher in the first half of 2015 than in the first half of 2014. Sales of
fixed telephony amounted to just over NOK 1.6 billion in the first half of 2015. This is a
decrease of about NOK 161 million, compared to the first half of 2014. Sales revenues from
fixed telephony accounted for about 11 per cent of the total revenues from end-user sales.
Revenues from fixed broadband sales rose by more than NOK 244 million from the first half of
2014 to the first half of 2015, to approximately NOK 4.3 billion. Fixed broadband sales
accounted for roughly 29 per cent of total sales revenues in the first half of 2015.
Figure 10 shows the ten largest providers' shares of the combined sales revenues. Telenor
had a 52.4 per cent share of total sales in the first half of 2013. In the first half of 2015, this
share had risen to 53.4 per cent. TeliaSonera has the second largest share of total sales
revenues. The market share for TeliaSonera is at 19.7 per cent in the first half of 2015. In the
course of the first half of 2015, TeliaSonera took over Tele2's customers and the residential
customers of Network Norway. Tele2 and Network Norway had a combined share of 9.5 per
cent of total sales in the first half of 2014. Get and NextGenTel had market shares of 3.6 and
3.3 per cent of total end-user sales, respectively.
Telenor
53.4 %
TeliaSonera
19.7 %
Network Norway
5.6 %
1st half 2013
Tele2
3.9 %
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Get
3.6 %
NextGenTel
3.3 %
Others
20.1 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Figure 10 Share of the total sales revenues for the largest providers
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3 Fixed telephony
In this report both traditional fixed telephony (PSTN and ISDN) and broadband telephony
(VoIP) are discussed as fixed telephony.
3.1 Subscriptions
Figure 11 shows the total number of fixed telephony subscriptions from 2006 to the end of the
first half of 2015. The number of subscriptions has been declining since 1996. The number of
ISDN subscriptions rose until 2002, then started to decrease again. At the end of the first half
of 2015 there were 1,029,268 fixed telephony subscriptions in Norway. This is a decline of
about 4.8 per cent since the end of 2014. Subscriptions for VoIP decreased by approximately
3,000, while the decline in PSTN and ISDN subscriptions totalled nearly 49,000.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
1 000
VoIP
800
PSTN and ISDN
600
400
200
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 1st half
2015
Figure 11 Number of subscriptions broken down into PSTN/ISDN and VoIP
Figure 12 shows the development in the number of households with fixed telephony. At the
end of the first half of 2015, just over a third of Norwegian households had a fixed-line
telephone. By contrast, at the end of 2012 nearly half of Norwegian households had a fixedline telephone.
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78%
74%
70%
64%
59%
54%
48%
41%
35%
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
33%
2014 1st half 2015
Figure 12 Share of households in Norway with a fixed telephony subscription
Tables 2 and 3 show the development in subscriptions for PSTN, ISDN and broadband
telephony (VoIP) for the residential market and the business market, respectively. In the
residential market, the greatest decline was in ISDN 2B+D, down nearly 20 per cent from the
end of 2014 to the end of the first half of 2015. PSTN and VoIP have fallen by 5.9 and 1.1 per
cent respectively in the same period. In the business market, the greatest decline was in ISDN
2B+D, down 11.6 per cent from the end of 2014. In total, there is a 5.6 per cent decline in the
number of fixed telephony subscriptions for businesses in the first half of 2015.
2009
2010
2011
2012
PSTN
747,643
683,655
628,606
ISDN 2B+D
141,888
118,698
VoIP
500,425
Others
Total
2013
2014
1st half 2015
561,948
481,596
415,673
390,964
97,319
76,144
58,696
45,561
36,487
487,481
470,240
449,796
421,480
377,979
373,562
5,305
3,647
104
104
6
6
6
1,395,261
1,293,481
1,196,269
1,087,992
961,778
839,219
801,019
Table 2 Number of PSTN, ISDN and broadband telephony (VoIP) subscriptions in the
residential market
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
PSTN
168,731
165,018
155,131
146,089
131,803
116,291
111,537
ISDN 2B+D
180,017
156,478
137,435
120,416
102,338
85,627
75,737
8,608
8,242
7,099
7,096
6,304
5,700
5,344
15,186
24,181
25,684
29,296
33,025
34,032
35,631
0
0
591
141
0
0
0
372,542
353,919
325,940
303,038
273,470
241,650
228,249
ISDN 30B+D
VoIP
Others
Total
1st half 2015
Table 3 Number of PSTN, ISDN and broadband telephony (VoIP) subscriptions in the
business market
3.2 Traffic
Figure 13 shows the development in traffic minutes from fixed telephones. There was a total of
about 1.4 billion call minutes from fixed telephones in the first half of 2015. By comparison, the
same figure was 7.1 billion in the first half of 2006. In the first half of 2015 there were 19.4 per
cent fewer call minutes than in the first half of 2014. Historically, PSTN and ISDN have had the
greatest percentage decline. From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, the decline in
traffic from VoIP is 20.1 per cent and from PSTN and ISDN combined it is 21.6 percent in the
residential market. In the business market, the decline in the same period is 8.1 and 20.0 per
cent, respectively.
8 000
7 000
Million minutes
6 000
5 000
4 000
VoIP
3 000
PSTN and ISDN
2 000
Total
1 000
0
Figure 13 Development in traffic minutes from fixed telephones
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Figure 14 shows the development in traffic from fixed telephony broken down by direction and
market segment. The largest share is to fixed networks, which in the first half of 2015
constituted 66 per cent of traffic in the residential market and 47 per cent of traffic in the
business market. In the first half of 2015, traffic in the residential market is 21 per cent lower
than in the first half of 2014, while in the business market there is an 18 per cent decline in the
same period.
4 000
3 500
Million minutes
3 000
2 500
2 000
Fixed network
1 500
Mobile network
1 000
International
500
Residential
1st half 2015
1st half 2014
1st half 2013
1st half 2012
1st half 2011
1st half 2010
1st half 2009
1st half 2008
1st half 2007
1st half 2006
1st half 2015
1st half 2014
1st half 2013
1st half 2012
1st half 2011
1st half 2010
1st half 2009
1st half 2008
1st half 2007
1st half 2006
0
Business
Figure 14 Voice traffic from fixed-line telephones broken down by direction. Million minutes
Table 4 shows a greater decline in traffic in the residential market than in the business market
in recent years. Traffic from VoIP in the business market declines for the first time. From the
first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, traffic declined by 7.8 per cent, despite the number of
subscribers growing in the same period. By comparison, traffic from fixed broadband in the
business market rose by 4.6 per cent from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014.
1st half 2011
Business market
Of which VoIP
Business market
Of which VoIP
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
1,736
1,503
1,250
923
729
711
640
553
403
322
1,131
1,019
921
808
666
103
131
153
160
147
Table 4 Number of call minutes from fixed-line telephones broken down into residential and
business. Million minutes
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Tables 5 and 6 show traffic broken down by direction for the residential and business markets.
In both markets, traffic to the fixed network declined, while traffic to the mobile networks
increased by a corresponding amount. Traffic to international end-points increases by one
percentage point in both the residential and business markets, to 15 and 9 per cent
respectively.
Fixed
network
Mobile
networks
International
Total
1st half 2011
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Min.
Min.
Min.
Min.
Min.
Share
Share
Share
Share
Share
1,286
74 %
1,093
73 %
880
70 %
640
69 %
484
66 %
238
14 %
214
14 %
190
15 %
155
17 %
137
19 %
212
12 %
197
13 %
180
14 %
128
14 %
108
15 %
1,736
100 %
1,503
100 %
1,250
100 %
923
100 %
729
100 %
Table 5 Calls from fixed network to fixed network, mobile network and abroad. Residential
market. Million minutes
Fixed
network
Mobile
networks
International
Total
1st half 2011
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Min.
Min.
Min.
Share
Share
Share
Share
Min.
Min.
Min.
603
53 %
520
51 %
472
51 %
406
50 %
311
47 %
433
38 %
410
40 %
375
41 %
335
41 %
293
44 %
94
8%
88
9%
74
8%
68
8%
62
9%
1,131
100 %
1,019
100 %
921
100 %
808
100 %
666
100 %
Table 6 Calls from fixed network to fixed network, mobile network and abroad. Business
market. Million minutes
3.3 Sales revenues
Figure 15 shows a steady decline in sales revenues from fixed telephony over the past 10
years. Sales revenues from fixed telephony amounted to NOK 1.6 billion in in the first half of
2015, a decline of NOK 9.1 per cent from the first half of 2014. Earnings from subscriptions
and additional services are the largest category at about NOK 1.1 billion, a decrease of nearly
9 per cent from the first half of 2014. Sales revenue from all traffic is 9.5 per cent lower than in
the first half of 2015. Earnings from subscriptions and additional services accounted for 68.5
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per cent of the sales revenues in the first half of 2015, traffic to mobile phones accounted for
about 14 per cent, traffic to the fixed networks accounted for 12 per cent, and international
traffic accounted for just under 6 per cent. Revenues from PSTN and ISDN amounted to just
under 75 per cent of the sales revenues from fixed telephony.
5 000
4 500
4 000
NOK million
3 500
3 000
Subscriptions and other
revenues
To mobile networks
2 500
To fixed networks
2 000
1 500
1 000
International
Total
500
0
Figure 15 Fixed telephony sales in the business market for different traffic directions and
subscriptions. NOK million
Table 7 shows the sales revenues in the residential and business markets for fixed telephony
as a whole and for broadband telephony. The residential market as a whole saw a decline of
11.9 per cent from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015: 7.6 per cent for VoIP and 13.6
per cent for PSTN/ISDN. In the business market the decline was 5.2 per cent. Sales revenues
from PSTN and ISDN in the business market were down by about 9.4 per cent compared with
2014. Revenue from broadband telephony in the business market rose by 17.3 per cent.
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1st half 2011
Residential market
Of which VoIP
Business market
Of which VoIP
1st half
1st half
1st half
1st half
2012
2013
2014
2015
1,466
1,247
1,146
949
836
423
361
323
275
254
1,161
1,058
940
826
783
82
100
119
130
153
Table 7 Fixed telephony sales in the residential market and the business market. NOK million
Table 8 shows total revenue per minute and traffic revenue per minute for fixed telephony.
Both total revenue per minute and traffic revenue per minute increase from the first half of
2014. Traffic revenue increases despite an increase in the share of revenue coming from
subscription fees.
1st half 2011
1st half
1st half
1st half
1st half
2012
2013
2014
2015
Traffic revenue per min.
0.39
0.37
0.32
0.32
0.36
Total revenue per min.
0.92
0.91
0.94
1.00
1.14
Table 8 Sales revenues per minute for fixed telephony
3.4 Market shares
The total sales revenues from fixed telephony in the residential and the business markets
amounted to NOK 1.54 billion in the first half of 2015. The total number of traffic minutes was
1.4 billion minutes in the first half of 2015. This is the basis for the calculation of the market
shares in figure 16. Here the market shares are defined on the basis of sales of telephony
services to end-users in the residential and business markets.
Figure 16 shows Telenor's market shares of the total sales revenues and number of traffic
minutes for the residential and business markets from 2006 to the first half of 2015. Telenor's
share of total revenues declines from 68.0 per cent in 2014 to 67.9 per cent in the first half of
2015, while the share of traffic minutes declines from 57.8 per cent in 2014 to 56.2 per cent in
the first half of 2015.
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80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
Telenor's share of total revenue
30%
Telenor's share of traffic minutes
20%
10%
0%
Figure 16 Telenor's share of traffic minutes and total sales revenues. Business and residential
markets
Figure 17 shows the providers' market shares of the sales revenues in the residential and
business markets combined. Measured by sales revenues, Phonero is the second largest
provider of fixed telephony, with 7.3 per cent of the market. Ventelo was merged into Phonero
from 1 January 2015. Phonero and Ventelo's market shares are combined for the first half of
2013 and the first half of 2014. NextGenTel is the third-largest provider of fixed telephony, at
5.2 per cent. NextGenTel merged with Telio Telecom on 1 January 2015. NextGenTel and
Telio's market shares are combined for the first half of 2013 and the first half of 2014.
TeliaSonera has 4.5 per cent of the fixed telephony market after the acquisition of Tele26.
TeliaSonera and Tele2's market shares are combined for the first half of 2013 and the first half
of 2014.
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TeliaSonera has sold the fixed telephony customers from the acquisition of Tele2 to Phonect, which acquires the
customers as of 31 October 2015.
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Telenor
67.9 %
Phonero
7.3 %
NexGenTel
1st half 2013
5.2 %
1st half 2014
TeliaSonera
1st half 2015
4.5 %
TDC
0.4 %
Other
14.8 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Figure 17 Fixed telephony, market share by revenues, residential and business markets
Figure 18 shows the providers' market shares of the traffic minutes in the residential and
business markets combined. Telenor's market share increased by 0.1 percentage points from
the first half of 2014. NextGenTel increased its market share by 1.5 percentage points to 12.4
per cent in the first half of 2015. TDC's market share declined from 7.0 per cent in the first half
of 2014 to 7.3 per cent in the first half of 2015. Phonero's market share decreased by 0.5
percentage points from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015.
Telenor
57.5 %
NextGenTel
12.4 %
TDC
1st half 2013
7.3 %
1st half 2014
Phonero
1st half 2015
5.8 %
TeliaSonera
4.2 %
Other
12.9 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Figure 18 Fixed telephony, market share by traffic minutes, residential and business markets
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Figure 19 shows that Telenor increases its share of the VoIP market measured by sales
revenues, with an increase from 26.1 per cent in 2014 to 29.4 per cent in the first half of 2015.
NextGenTel's share declined from 24.0 per cent in 2014 to 20.4 per cent in the first half of
2015. Lyse Fiber increased its market share to 7.1 per cent.
Telenor
29.4 %
NextGenTel
20.6 %
Lyse Fiber
1st half 2013
7.1 %
1st half 2014
Get
6.5 %
Viken Fiber
1st half 2015
6.4 %
Other
30.1 %
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Figure 19 Broadband telephony, market share by sales revenues, residential and business
markets
Measured in traffic minutes, NextGenTel is the biggest VoIP provider. Telenor advances 1.2
percentage points to 25.8 per cent from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015. Get's
market share increased to 6.8 per cent, while Phonect increased from 5.2 per cent to 5.5 per
cent.
NextGenTel
36.8 %
Telenor
25.8 %
Get
1st half 2013
6.8 %
1st half 2014
Phonect
5.5 %
Viken Fiber
1st half 2015
3.5 %
Other
21.6 %
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Figure 20 Broadband telephony, market share by traffic minutes, residential and business
markets
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4 Mobile services
4.1 Introduction
In this report mobile services consist of three main parts:

Mobile telephony subscriptions are subscriptions that enable calls, SMS messaging
and Internet access, etc. The statistics for mobile telephony include the number of
subscriptions, voice traffic in minutes, the number of messages and data volume. They
also include sales revenues from mobile telephony, broken down into subscription
revenues and traffic revenues, among other things. In this report, mobile telephony
subscriptions are counted as the total number of active pre-paid cards7 and invoiced
subscriptions. These days most post-paid mobile telephony subscriptions include a
certain volume of traffic in the form of voice minutes, messages and data traffic.

Mobile broadband only subscriptions can only be used for Internet access and data
traffic. A separate subscription for mobile broadband is bought independently of a
mobile telephony subscription8. The statistics for mobile broadband cover the number
of subscriptions, data volume and sales revenues.

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication using the mobile network. The statistics
cover the number of SIM cards for this purpose and related revenues and traffic.
Figures for sales revenues were obtained for the first time for 2009, whereas traffic
volume figures started being collected in 2012.
4.2 Subscriptions
Figure 21 shows the change the number of mobile telephony subscriptions from 2006 and to
the end of the first half of 20159. At the end of the first half of 2015 there were more than 5.84
million mobile telephony subscriptions. This is an increase of about 11,500 subscriptions since
the end of 2014. From the end of 2013 to the end of 2014, there was an increase of nearly
45,500 subscriptions. The annual increase has been decreasing in the last three years and
was significantly lower than was normal before.
Recent years have seen a drop in the number of pre-paid cards. The number of prepaid cards
was almost 1.28 million at the end of the first half of 2015. This is a decline of almost 39,000
compared with the end of 2014. From the end of 2013 to the end of 2014, there was a decline
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7
In this report "pre-paid cards" refers to an active pre-paid subscription. Subscriptions are considered active when
the account has been used in the last three months.
8
Subscribers often use a USB modem in connection with special subscriptions for mobile broadband. Subscribers
may also use a PC card or a WiFi router connected to a mobile network.
9
One provider of mobile telephony has changed its previous reporting of the number of pre-paid cards. This applies
to figures for entire years and half years in 2013 and 2014. The figures for the number of subscriptions in figure 21
therefore cannot be compared with previous reports.
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of almost 45,000. The number of prepaid cards as a share of the total number of subscriptions
has been weakly decreasing in recent years. At the end of the first half of 2015, this share was
21.9 per cent, while at the end of 2014 it was 22.6 per cent. By comparison, at the end of 2006
this share was above 32 per cent.
76.5 per cent of all mobile telephony subscriptions were registered to residential customers10
at the end of the first half of 2015. This is the same as at the end of 2014. This share has been
stable at this level for the past three years.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
6 000
50%
45%
5 000
4 000
40%
35%
30%
3 000
25%
Pre-paid cards
Post-paid
subscriptions
Total
20%
2 000
1 000
15%
10%
Share pre-paid cards
(right axis)
5%
0
0%
Figure 21 Number of subscriptions for mobile telephony
Nkom collects statistics on the number of mobile subscriptions that use mobile data. These are
mobile subscriptions that have generated data traffic in the period11. This can be considered an
indicator of the prevalence of Internet use on mobile phones. This is shown in figure 22, with
figures dating back to 2010. The number of subscriptions of this kind has increased
significantly over the last three years. At the end of the first half of 2015 there were more than
4.26 million subscriptions that had generated mobile data. This constitutes just under 73 per
cent of the total number of mobile telephony subscriptions. By comparison, the corresponding
share was more than 68 per cent at the end of 2014.
Since 2012 Nkom has collected statistics on the number of mobile telephony subscriptions that
include 1 GB or more per month. This is shown in figure 22. There were just under 3.19 million
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10
Mobile telephony subscriptions that are registered to devices with an organisation number are regarded as
business subscriptions. All other subscriptions are counted as residential subscriptions.
11
These are referred to as active subscriptions for mobile data and are defined as all subscriptions that have
generated more than 0.5 MB of data in at least one of the last three months of the year.
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subscriptions at the end of the first half of 2015. This is close to 55 per cent of the total number
of subscriptions. By comparison, at the end of 2014 the number of subscriptions that included
1 GB or more was over 2.87 million, i.e. more than 49 per cent of the total number of
subscriptions.
From 2014, Nkom has also collected statistics on the number of mobile telephony
subscriptions that include 5 GB or more per month. This is shown in figure 22. At the end of
the first half of 2015 there were almost 800,000 such subscriptions, which is about 14 per cent
of the total number of subscriptions.
The share that has 1 GB or more included in the subscription is higher for business
subscriptions than for residential subscriptions. This is even more true for subscriptions with 5
GB or more included. More than 64 per cent of business subscriptions had 1 GB or more
included at the end of the first half of 2015. At the end of 2014 the corresponding figure was
nearly 58 per cent. More than 27 per cent of business subscriptions had 5 GB or more
included in the subscription at the end of the first half of 2015. At the end of 2014 the
corresponding figure was 22 per cent.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
7 000
6 000
5 000
Number of active mobile users
4 000
Number of subscriptions that
include 1 GB or more
3 000
2 000
Number of subscriptions that
include 5 GB or more
1 000
Total number of mobile phone
subscriptions
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 22 Number of mobile telephony subscriptions that are active for mobile data. Number of
subscriptions that include 1 GB and 5 GB or more per month
Figure 23 shows the development in the number of mobile broadband only12 subscriptions
from 2009 to the end of the first half of 2015. The number of subscriptions rose each year until
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12
Special subscriptions for mobile broadband are subscriptions that are used exclusively for mobile data. They can
be bought and used independently of a mobile telephony subscription. From 2014 the definition of mobile
broadband has been amended. In the past, it included additional services for data usage linked to a mobile
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2011. Thereafter, it has declined every year. At the end of the first half of 2015, the total
number of subscriptions was just over 511,000. This is a decrease of nearly 24,000 since the
end of 2014. The share of business subscriptions was almost 70 per cent at the end of the first
half of 2015.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
700
600
500
400
Residential
Business
300
Total
200
100
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 23 Number of special subscriptions for mobile broadband
4.3 Traffic
4.3.1 Minutes
The total number of traffic minutes originated in mobile networks was over 7.08 billion in the
first half of 2015. This is about 291 million higher than in the first half of 2014, representing an
increase of almost 4.3 per cent. From the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014, the
equivalent increase was just over 262 million minutes, or 2.0 per cent.
Figure 24 shows the development in the number of traffic minutes from mobile phones, broken
down into traffic to mobile networks, the fixed network and international calls. In the first half of
2015, there was a decline in the number of traffic minutes to fixed networks of more than 33
million minutes compared to the first half of 2014. By comparison, from the first half of 2013 to
the first half of 2014, there was an increase of nearly 30 million minutes.
Traffic from mobile telephones increased by nearly 322 million minutes from the first half of
2014 to the first half of 2015, an increase of 5.9 per cent. By comparison, this traffic increased
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telephony subscription, such as twin SIM cards, for example. The historical figures have been adjusted to match the
new definition.
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by approximately 203 million minutes from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014.
International traffic increased by just over 2 million minutes in the first half of 2015.
8 000
7 000
Million minutes
6 000
5 000
4 000
International calls
Traffic to fixed networks
3 000
2 000
Traffic to mobile networks
Total
1 000
0
Figure 24 Traffic minutes from mobile phones, broken down by direction of traffic
4.3.2 Messages
Figures 25, 26 and 27 show the development in the total number of messages sent, broken
down by SMS messages, MMS messages, and content messages13.
In total, mobile phone subscribers sent nearly 7 billion messages in the first half of 2015. This
is nearly 231 million more than in the first half of 2014. By comparison, there was a decrease
of about NOK 298 million from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014. On average,
Norwegian mobile telephone customers sent nearly 104 messages per month in the first half of
2015. In the same period in 2014, the average number of messages was less than 98. Of
these, sent SMS messages constitute 90 in the first half of 2015 and 86 in the first half of
2014.
A decline in the number of SMS messages was registered for the first time in the first half of
2010. With the exception of the first half of 2012, the decline has continued until the first half of
2014. However, in the first half of 2015 there is a significant increase. Mobile phone
subscribers sent more than 3.1 billion SMS messages in the first half of 2015. This is nearly
123 million more than in the first half of 2014.
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13
These are mainly messages conveyed to mobile customers based on a CPA agreement between content
providers and mobile operators. CPA = Content Provider Access
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3 500
Million messages
3 000
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
0
Figure 25 Number of SMS messages sent
The number of MMS messages has tended to vary slightly from year to year. Since the first
half of 2012, however, there has been an annual increase. In the first half of 2015, the number
of messages rose by roughly 5 million compared to the first half of 2014. This corresponds to
an increase of around 6 per cent. However, the number of MMS messages represents only a
fraction of the total number of messages. In the first half of 2015, just under 87 million MMS
messages were sent.
100
90
Million messages
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
-
Figure 26 Number of MMS messages sent
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The number of content messages has risen each year since the first half of 2011. In the first
half of 2015 there were about 408 million content messages, an increase of more than 92
million compared with the first half of 2014.
450
Million messages
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
-
Figure 27 Number of content messages sent
4.3.3 Data traffic
Figure 28 shows the change in the total data traffic for mobile telephony subscriptions and
special subscriptions for mobile broadband. Total data traffic in the first half of 2015 was nearly
45,200 TB14 (45.2 million GB). This is an increase of approximately 17,900 TB from the first
half of 2014, when the combined data volume was about 27,300 TB. By comparison, the
increase from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014 was nearly 11,300 TB. Relatively
speaking, the increase from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015 was 65 per cent, while
it was 70 per cent from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014.
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1 TB = 1,000 GB. 1 PB = 1,000 TB = 1 million GB.
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50 000
45 000
40 000
35 000
Million GB
30 000
25 000
Mobile broadband
20 000
Mobile phone
15 000
Total
10 000
5 000
0
Figure 28 Development in data traffic for mobile telephony subscriptions and special
subscriptions for mobile broadband
More than 71 per cent of the increase in data traffic between the first half of 2014 and the first
half of 2015 relates to ordinary subscriptions for mobile telephony. The data volume for these
subscriptions totalled close to 29,200 TB in the first half of 2015. This is a significant increase
from the first half of 2014, when the volume was just under 16,400 TB. More than 64 per cent
of the total data traffic was related to ordinary subscriptions for mobile telephony in the first half
of 2015. In the first half of 2014, this share was roughly 60 per cent.
Table 9 shows data traffic from subscriptions for mobile broadband only and from regular
mobile telephony subscriptions broken down into the residential market and the business
market. From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, the business market increased its
share of total data traffic from 21.2 to 23.0 per cent.
First half of 2014.
First half of 2015.
Residential
Business
Total
Residential
Business
Total
Mobile
12,402
3,980
16,382
21,184
7,946
29,129
Mobile broadband
9,129
1,796
10,926
13,611
2,437
16,048
Total
21,531
5,776
27,307
34,795
10,382
45,177
Table 9 Development in data traffic for mobile telephony subscriptions and special
subscriptions for mobile broadband. Figures in 1,000 GB
Figure 29 shows the development in average data volumes generated from special
subscriptions for mobile broadband. On average, each subscription generated more than 5.0
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GB of data traffic per month in the first half of 2015. The corresponding volume in the first half
of 2014 was 3.2 GB. There are significant differences in average data traffic between
residential subscriptions and business subscriptions. The average for residential subscriptions
was nearly 6.2 GB in the first half of 2015. For business subscriptions the average was nearly
2.5 GB per month in the same period.
7 000
Number of MB
6 000
5 000
4 000
Residential
Business
3 000
Total
2 000
1 000
0
1st half
2010
1st half
2011
1st half
2012
1st half
2013
1st half
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 29 Average monthly data volume per mobile broadband subscription
4.4 Sales revenues
4.4.1 Mobile telephony
Figure 30 shows the development in sales revenues for mobile telephony. Mobile telephony
providers have largely restructured their subscriptions to a form in which the subscriber pays a
fixed monthly price, which includes specified volumes of voice traffic, SMS messages and data
traffic (known as fixed-price subscriptions). The result of this is an increase in earnings from
subscriptions at the expense of traditional traffic revenues. Subscription revenues comprised
62 per cent of overall revenue for mobile telephony in the first half of 2015. In the first half of
2014, this share was just over 59 per cent. Earnings from voice traffic and SMS messages
declined to about 17 per cent of the total sales revenues. By comparison, revenue from this
traffic accounted for almost 62 per cent of the sales revenues in the first half of 2010.
Overall, earnings from mobile telephony rose by nearly NOK 238 million from the first half of
2014 to the first half of 2015. In the first half of 2015, these earnings amounted to more than
NOK 8.2 billion.
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9 000
80%
8 000
70%
7 000
NOK million
6 000
60%
Other
50%
SMS
40%
Revenues from data traffic
30%
Time tariff revenues
20%
Subscription and initial fees
10%
Share subscription and
initial fees
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
-
0%
Figure 30 Mobile telephony sales revenues15
4.4.2 Mobile broadband
Figure 31 shows the sales revenues from special subscriptions for mobile broadband broken
down into residential subscriptions and business subscriptions. Sales in the first half of 2015
amounted to about NOK 627 million. From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, there
was an increase in revenue of nearly NOK 11 million. Business subscriptions saw a slight
decline in sales revenues in this period. Sales revenues from residential subscriptions
accounted for more than 68 per cent of the total sales revenue from mobile broadband.
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Other earnings include earnings from MMS, earnings from content messages, and other earnings not included in
the categories specified in figure 29.
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450
400
NOK million
350
300
250
Business
200
Residential
150
100
50
0
1st half
2009
1st half
2010
1st half
2011
1st half
2012
1st half
2013
1st half
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 31 Sales revenues from special subscriptions for mobile broadband broken down into
residential subscriptions and business subscriptions
4.4.3 Combined sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile broadband
Table 10 shows total revenues for mobile telephony subscriptions and subscriptions for mobile
broadband only in the first half of 2010 to the first half of 2015. There was an annual increase
in combined sales revenues in every period except the first half of 2013. The increase from the
first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015 was nearly NOK 250 million. Total sales revenues
amounted to nearly NOK 8.9 billion in the first half of 2015.
1st half
1st half
1st half
1st half
1st half
1st half
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Mobile
telephony
7,811
7,825
7,932
7,733
7,990
8,227
448
492
552
601
616
627
8,258
8,318
8,484
8,333
8,606
8,855
Mobile
broadband
Total
Table 10 Sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile broadband. NOK million
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4.5 Market shares
4.5.1 Mobile telephony
Figure 32 shows the change in market shares, measured by the number of mobile telephony
subscriptions. Telenor’s market share at the end of the first half of 2015 was 50.9 per cent.
This is the same market share as at the end of 2014.
In the first half of 2015, TeliaSonera took over Tele2's subscribers and the residential
subscriptions in Network Norway. At the same time, ICE Norge took over the business
subscriptions in Network Norway. As of the first half of 2015, TeliaSonera had a market share
of 38.0 per cent. As of the end of 2014, TeliaSonera, Tele2 and Network Norway (residential
customers) had a combined market share of 38.9 per cent. Phonero merged with Ventelo at
the turn of the year in 2014/2015. As of the end of the first half of 2015, Phonero had a market
share of 3.3 per cent. In comparison, at the end of 2014, Phonero had a market share of 3.2
when Ventelo is included.
As at the end of the first half of 2015, the three largest providers had a market share of 92.2
per cent of the total number of mobile telephony subscriptions at this time.
Telenor
50.9 %
TeliaSonera
38.0 %
2013
Phonero
2014
3.3 %
1st half 2015
Lycamobile
2.9 %
Other
4.9 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Figure 32 Market shares for mobile telephony subscriptions16
Figure 33 shows the distribution of residential and business subscriptions for the largest
providers of mobile telephony as at the end of the first half of 2015. A total of 76.5 per cent of
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Nkom collects data from each provider. Some providers operate with multiple brand names for their mobile
services. These are included under the individual provider. For example dJuice and Talkmore are included under
Telenor. Chess, OneCall, MyCall and NetCom are TeliaSonera brand names
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all mobile subscriptions were residential at this time. The distribution between residential and
business subscriptions for the individual providers varies considerably.
Telenor
27.2 %
TeliaSonera
11.1 %
Phonero
92.1 %
LycaMobile
Chili Mobil
Residential
TDC
100.0 %
ICE Norge
Business
90.8 %
NextGenTel
18.5 %
Other
38.0 %
Total
23.5 %
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Figure 33 Mobile telephony subscriptions broken down into residential and business
customers
Table 11 shows the market shares for the largest providers measured according to
subscriptions, traffic minutes, SMS messages and data traffic for mobile telephony. This table
also shows the market shares measured by sales revenues from mobile telephony. For some
providers there is relatively large variation in their market shares depending on which service
category is used as the basis for measurement. The providers are ranked according to their
market share for subscriptions at the end of the first half of 2015 (cf. figure 32).
Traffic
Subscription
minutes
Sales
Messages
Data traffic
revenues
Telenor
50.9 %
53.7 %
57.5 %
55.2 %
58.3 %
TeliaSonera
38.0 %
38.6 %
37.9 %
39.0 %
32.8 %
Phonero
3.3 %
3.6 %
2.3 %
2.6 %
3.8 %
Lycamobile
2.9 %
0.8 %
0.2 %
0.0 %
1.3 %
Chili Mobil
1.1 %
0.1 %
0.1 %
0.2 %
0.1 %
Other
3.8 %
3.3 %
2.0 %
3.0 %
3.7 %
Table 11 Market shares for mobile telephony measured by service category. First half of 2015.
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4.5.2 Mobile broadband
Figure 34 shows market shares for mobile broadband measured in number of subscriptions.
Telenor's market share is at 47.3 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. By comparison, at
the end of 2014 this market share was 47.5 per cent. TeliaSonera's market share was 24.2 per
cent at year-end 2015. This is an increase in its market share compared to the equivalent
figure at year-end 2013 and 2014, when Tele2 and Network Norway (residential customers)
are included. By comparison, ICE Norge had a market share of 21.6 per cent at the end of the
first half of 2015. This is the same market share as at the end of 2014, when business
subscriptions from Network Norway are included.
Telenor
47.3 %
TeliaSonera
24.2 %
2013
ICE
2014
21.6 %
1st half 2015
Phonero
4.0 %
Other
2.9 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 34 Market shares for special subscriptions for mobile broadband
4.5.3 Mobile telephony and mobile broadband combined
Figure 35 shows the providers' market shares for combined data traffic for both mobile
telephony subscriptions and mobile broadband only subscriptions. Telenor had a market share
of 45.2 per cent in the first half of 2015. In the first half of 2014, the market share was 46.0 per
cent. TeliaSonera17 had a market share of 43.7 per cent in the first half of 2015, ICE18
decreased its market share from 11.1 per cent in the first half of 2014 to 6.4 per cent in the first
half of 2015. Combined, Telenor, TeliaSonera and ICE represent almost 95 per cent of the
overall data traffic in the first half of 2015.
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TeliaSonera's figures include Tele2 and Network Norway residential subscriptions in the first half of 2013 and the
first half of 2014.
18
ICE's figures include Network Norway business subscriptions in the first half of 2013 and the first half of 2014.
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Telenor
45.2 %
TeliaSonera
43.7 %
1st half 2013
ICE
1st half 2014
6.4 %
1st half 2015
Phonero
1.9 %
Other
2.8 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 35 Market shares for total data traffic for mobile telephony and mobile broadband
Figure 36 shows the providers' market shares of the combined sales revenues for mobile
telephony subscriptions and special subscriptions for mobile broadband. Telenor increased its
market share from 54.0 per cent in the first half of 2014 to 57.4 per cent in the first half of
2015. At the same time, TeliaSonera's market share fell from 35.5 per cent in the first half of
2014 to 32.3 per cent in the first half of 2015. To be able to compare over time, for the first half
of 2013 and the first half of 2014 we have included revenue for Tele2 and Network Norway
(residential subscriptions19) in TeliaSonera's revenue.
Phonero had a share of the total sales revenues of 3.7 per cent in the first half of 2015. In the
same period in 2014, the share was 3.4 per cent when Ventelo is included. ICE Norge's share
of total sales revenues was 2.8 per cent in the first half of 2015.
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The share of revenue from residential subscriptions for Network Norway that is used is 83.9 per cent, which was
the 2014 share.
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Telenor
57.4 %
TeliaSonera
32.3 %
Phonero
1st half 2013
3.7 %
1st half 2014
ICE
1st half 2015
2.8 %
Lycamobile
1.2 %
Other
2.6 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Figure 36 Market shares for the combined sales revenues from mobile telephony and mobile
broadband
4.6 International roaming
4.6.1 About international roaming
Norwegian subscribers use their mobile phones abroad, and foreign subscribers use their
mobile phones in Norway. Subscribers use their mobile phones to make and receive calls, to
send and receive messages, and to access the Internet (data services). A Norwegian
subscriber abroad connects their telephone to a mobile network that has coverage in the
geographical area in question, thereby roaming in the foreign network. The same applies when
a foreign subscriber uses their mobile telephone in Norway. The operator that owns the
Norwegian mobile network in question and the operator that owns the network abroad have an
agreement between them to provide traffic to and from the mobile telephone in question.
These agreements lay down, among other things, the financial compensation between the
operators when subscribers use each other's network.
Within the EEA, international roaming is regulated by the authorities. The first regulation was
adopted in the EU in 2007 and came into force in the EEA / EFTA countries in 2008. There
have since been several expansions of the regulations, the most recent of which came into
force in the EU countries on 1 July 2012 and in the EEA / EFTA countries on 7 December
2012. The regulation covers price caps for the end-user level and the wholesale level, and
covers voice traffic, SMS and data traffic. The current rates apply from 01 July 2015. The
regulation also specifies requirements for information that must be given to subscribers.
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Providers that are MNOs or MVNOs in Norway report traffic volumes and earnings from
international roaming. They report traffic and revenues for their own end-users as well as
wholesaler sales for providers that are resellers of the individual MNO or MVNO.
4.6.2 Norwegian subscribers abroad
Figure 37 shows the development in traffic volumes for Norwegian mobile subscribers roaming
mobile networks abroad. The figures for voice minutes are the sum of originated and received
calls. The same applies to SMS messages20. Voice traffic increases slightly every half year,
except for the first half of 2014. The number of SMS messages increases every half year until
the first half of 2013, after which there is a slight decline. However, data traffic increases
significantly every half year. Data traffic increased from 167 million MB in the first half of 2014
to almost 303 million MB in the first half of 2015, nearly doubling in one year.
Million minutes, messages and MB
350
300
250
200
Voice minutes
SMS messages
150
Data traffic
100
50
1st half 2011
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Figure 37 Development in traffic volumes. Norwegian subscribers abroad
Figure 38 shows the income and costs for Norwegian providers when Norwegian subscribers
roam mobile networks in other countries. There is a significant decline in costs21 every half
year until the first half of 2014. From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, costs
increased by NOK 200 million to NOK 214 million, corresponding to an increase of around 7
per cent. Income declines every half year from the first half of 2012. From the first half of 2014
to the first half of 2015, income fell by 4 per cent and constitutes about NOK 808 million. Net
income is the difference between earnings and expenses. It declines by NOK 46 million from
the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015.
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20
One provider informed Nkom that they were unable to report the number of received SMS messages for
Norwegian subscribers abroad. This means that the actual traffic volume for SMS messages is somewhat higher
than shown in the figure.
21
One provider informed Nkom that they were unable to report the costs of receiving calls and SMS messages
abroad. This means that the actual costs are somewhat higher than shown in the figure.
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1 200
1 000
NOK million
800
Income
600
Costs
Net income
400
200
1st half 2011 1st half 2012 1st half 2013 1st half 2014 1st half 2015
Figure 38 Development in income and costs. Norwegian subscribers abroad
4.6.3 Foreign subscribers in Norway22
Figure 39 shows the development in traffic volumes for foreign subscribers roaming mobile
networks in Norway. The number of voice minutes in the first half of 2015 was almost 102
million, while the number of SMS messages was roughly 47 million. Data traffic increased
sharply from approximately 97 million MB in the first half of 2014 to over 278 million MB in the
first half of 2015.
300
Million minutes, messages and MB
250
200
Minutes
150
Messages
Data traffic
100
50
0
1st half 2011
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Figure 39 Development in traffic volumes. Foreign subscribers in Norway
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One provider informed Nkom that they were unable to distinguish fully between traffic related to roaming for
foreign subscribers in the relevant mobile network in Norway and transit traffic. The same may also apply to the
reported earnings (see figure 40).
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Figure 40 shows the income for Norwegian providers when foreign subscribers roam mobile
networks in Norway23. Income fell each year from the first half of 2011 to the first half of 2015.
From the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, there was a 30 per cent decline. Income
amounted to almost NOK 49 million in the first half of 2015.
120
NOK million
100
80
60
40
20
0
1st half 2011
1st half 2012
1st half 2013
1st half 2014
1st half 2015
Figure 40 Development in income. Foreign subscribers in Norway
4.7 Machine-to-machine communication
Machine-to-machine communication (M2M) means that devices are connected by means of
different types of communications solutions, i.e. an automated exchange of data between
machines. The communications solutions can be wireless or cable-based. In this report
machine-to-machine communication is limited to the exchange of data via the mobile network.
Integrated SIM cards in machines or other devices enable the exchange of data between the
devices.
M2M solutions are used in a range of industries and for a significant number of functions. This
can include alarm systems and measuring systems, such as electricity meters. Within the
transport sector, these solutions are used for alarm systems and to monitor and track vehicles
and containers as well as electronic log-books. There are also many uses for these solutions
in the health sector, such as the exchange of patient information. Automated payment
solutions may also use these solutions.
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In practice, these earnings constitute costs for providers in other countries when their customers roam Norwegian
mobile networks.
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Figure 41 shows the change in the number of SIM cards that are used for communication
between machines (M2M). There has been a considerable increase in the number of SIM
cards used this way. By the end of the first half of 2015, there were nearly 1.15 million SIM
cards. This is an increase of more than 60,000 since the end of 2014. In the course of 2014,
the number of SIM cards grew by 111,000.
Number of SIM cards in thousands
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half 2015
Figure 41 Number of SIM cards for machine-to-machine communication (M2M)
Nkom has collected traffic statistics on M2M communication since 2012. Traffic is measured
mainly in MB, but also by the number of minutes or number of messages. The traffic figures
and sales figures from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2015 are shown in table 12. M2M
communication had sales revenues of over NOK 145 million in the first half of 2015. This is
about NOK 31 million more than in the first half of 2014.
First half of 2013.
First half of 2014.
First half of 2015.
MB (million)
80.3
119.1
272.0
Minutes (millions)
12.0
12.0
12.7
Messages (millions)
10.7
11.0
42.4
105.0
114.3
145.4
Sales revenues (NOK million)
Table 12 Traffic and sales revenues from machine-to-machine communication. Figures in
millions
Telenor dominates this market in Norway. Telenor had more than 90 per cent of the market at
the end of 2015, measured by the number of SIM cards. TeliaSonera is the second-largest
operator. Additionally, Com4, Phonero and Lyse Fiber each have more than 10,000 SIM cards.
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5 Fixed broadband
5.1 Introduction
Nkom collects information about subscriptions and sales revenues for fixed broadband at the
end of the first half of the year. At the end of the full year we also collect information about data
communication services, mainly IP-VPN services, which we collate with data for fixed
broadband for the business segment. These kinds of services are not included in this report.
5.2 Subscriptions
Figure 42 shows the number of subscriptions for fixed broadband in the residential market for
the categories xDSL, broadband via cable TV networks, and broadband via fibre. The other
categories are mainly radio access and satellite. The number of residential broadband
subscriptions reached one million in 2006, and at the end of the first half of 2015 the number
was about 1.87 million. The number of subscriptions rose by some 25,000 in the first half of
2015.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
1 000
900
800
700
600
xDSL
500
Cable-TV
400
Fibre
300
Other
200
100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 1st half
2015
Figure 42 Number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. Residential market
There were 625,000 broadband subscriptions based on xDSL in the residential market at the
end of the first half of 2015, a decrease of 26,000 subscriptions compared with year-end 2014.
Broadband based on xDSL constituted 33 per cent of all broadband subscriptions in the
residential market at the end of the first half of 2015. At the end of 2014 this share was 35 per
cent. Broadband based on VDSL accounted for 21 per cent of the xDSL subscriptions at the
end of the first half of 2015, up from 16 per cent at the close of 2014.
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Broadband via cable TV network is the second-largest form of access in the residential market
with 620,000 subscriptions at the end of the first half of 2015, an increase from 609,000
subscriptions at year-end 2014. There has been substantial growth in the number of
subscriptions for broadband via cable TV network for several years, but this growth has been
slowing down since 2010. Broadband via cable TV network constitutes 33 per cent of the total
number of subscriptions in the residential market, unchanged from the share at the end of
2014.
Broadband via fibre is access form with the greatest growth. At the end of the first half of 2015,
there were more than 587,000 subscriptions in the residential market, an increase of more
than 38,000 subscriptions since the end of 2014. Broadband via fibre constitutes 31 per cent of
residential broadband subscriptions at the end of the first half of 2015, one percentage point
higher than at year-end 2014.
Figure 43 shows the number of fixed subscriptions in the business market for the categories
broadband via xDSL and broadband via fibre. The category "Other" consists of broadband via
cable TV network, radio access and other types of fixed access. At the end of the first half of
2015, there were about 129,000 subscriptions in the business market, an increase of roughly
750 subscriptions from year-end 2014.
Number of subcriptions int housands
140
120
100
80
xDSL
Fibre
60
Other
40
20
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 43 Number of subscriptions for fixed broadband. Business market
There were 88,000 broadband subscriptions based on xDSL in the business market at the end
of the first half of 2015, a decrease of more than 1,800 subscriptions from year-end 2014. The
number of subscriptions based on fibre in the business market increased from 33,000 at the
end of 2014 to 35,000 at the end of the first half of 2015. Twenty-seven per cent of business
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market subscriptions were based on fibre at the end of the first half of 2015, one percentage
point higher than at year-end 2014. The number of subscriptions under the category "other"
increased by nearly 500.
In the business market, a broad spectrum of technical solutions for data communications and
Internet access is used. These range from traditional broadband solutions, as discussed in this
chapter, to other solutions for data transmission – primarily IP-VPN – which are only discussed
in Nkom's full-year reports. The change in the number of fixed broadband subscriptions must
therefore be seen in the context of the developments for other data transmission services.
5.2.1 Marketed line speed
Nkom collects figures on line speed for fixed broadband subscriptions. These are based on
marketed line speed. The figures include both downstream and upstream speed. Nkom uses
three speed ranges:

Below 10 Mbit/s

Between 10 Mbit/s and 30 Mbit/s

Between 30 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s

Over 100 Mbit/s
Figure 44 shows the distribution of marketed line speed for the residential and business
markets combined. From the end of 2014 to the end of the first half of 2015, the share that had
a marketed downstream speed of less than 10 Mbit/s declined from 26.6 per cent to 20.1 per
cent. At the same time, the share that has between 30 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s grew from 31.7
per cent to 34.4 per cent. In terms of marketed downstream speeds, the proportion of
subscribers that had capacity of 100 Mbit/s or more went up from 3.4 per cent at year-end
2014 to 6.8 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. For upstream speeds, the proportion of
subscriptions with a line speed of 10–30 Mbit/s went up from 16.3 per cent at year-end 2014 to
20.7 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. The share with upstream speeds of 100 Mbit/s
or more increased from 1.4 per cent to 2.3 per cent in the course of the first half of 2015.
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100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
>= 100 Mbit/s
50 %
>= 30 Mbit/s, < 100 Mbit/s
40 %
> = 10 Mbit/s, < 30 Mbit/s
30 %
< 10 Mbit/s
20 %
10 %
0%
2014
1st half 2015
Download
2014
1st half 2015
Upload
Figure 44 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential and
business markets. All forms of access
Figure 45 shows the distribution of downstream speeds for the technologies broadband via
cable TV networks, fibre and xDSL in the residential market. At the end of the first half of 2015,
13.5 per cent of subscribers with broadband via cable TV networks had marketed download
speeds of 100 Mbit/s or more. By comparison, 5.8 per cent of subscribers had equivalent
speeds at the end of 2014.
For fibre, the increase in the share with speeds of 100 Mbit/s or more is the greatest. Nearly
7.7 per cent of all fibre customers subscribed to 100 Mbit/s or more in downstream speeds at
the end of the first half of 2015. At the end of 2014, this figure was just under 5 per cent. More
than 60 per cent of fibre customers had marketed speeds between 30 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s.
At the end of 2014, 50 per cent of xDSL customers subscribed to downstream speeds below
10 Mbit/s. This share was reduced to just under 40 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015.
The share with marketed speeds from 30 Mbit/s to 100 Mbit/s increased from 6 to 11.5 per
cent in the course of the last six months.
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100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
>= 100 Mbit/s
50 %
>= 30 Mbit/s, < 100 Mbit/s
40 %
>= 10 Mbit/s, < 30 Mbit/s
30 %
< 10 Mbit/s
20 %
10 %
0%
2014
1st half
2015
Cable-TV
2014
1st half
2015
Fibre
2014
1st half
2015
xDSL
2014
1st half
2015
Total
Figure 45 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential
customers. Downstream speed
Figure 46 shows the distribution of upstream speeds for the technologies broadband via cable
TV networks, fibre and xDSL in the residential market. Of subscribers to broadband via cable
TV networks, 24.3 per cent had upstream speeds from 10 Mbit/s to 30 Mbit/s at the end of the
first half of 2015. At the end of 2014, the corresponding figure was 23.0 percent. For fibre, the
proportion of subscribers that had capacity of 100 Mbit/s or more rose from 3.9 per cent at
year-end 2014 to 6.5 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. Of xDSL customers in the
residential market, 9.4 per cent subscribe to speeds from 10 Mbit/s to 30 Mbit/s at the end of
the first half of 2015. This share was almost 3.0 percent at the end of 2014.
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100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
>= 100 Mbit/s
40 %
>= 30 Mbit/s, < 100 Mbit/s
30 %
>= 10 Mbit/s, < 30 Mbit/s
20 %
< 10 Mbit/s
10 %
0%
2014
1st half
2015
2014
Cable-TV
1st half
2015
Fibre
2014
1st half
2015
xDSL
2014
1st half
2015
Total
Figure 46 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Residential
customers. Upstream speed
Figure 47 shows the distribution of marketed downstream speeds in the business market,
broken down by the technologies xDSL and fibre. For xDSL, the largest shift takes place from
below 10 Mbit/s to the category from 10 Mbit/s to 30 Mbit/s. At the end of the first half of 2015,
41.8 per cent of xDSL customers in the residential market subscribed to speeds from 10 Mbit/s
to 30 Mbit/s. By comparison, the corresponding share was 37.9 per cent at the end of 2014.
For fibre, the share with 100 Mbit/s or more in downstream speeds increases the most, from
17.4 per cent at the end of 2014 to 21.0 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. It is nearly
as large as the share with speeds from 30 Mbit/s to 100 Mbit/s, which is at 21.5 per cent at
then of the first half of 2015.
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100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
>= 100 Mbit/s
40 %
>= 30 Mbit/s, < 100 Mbit/s
30 %
>= 10 Mbit/s, < 30 Mbit/s
20 %
< 10 Mbit/s
10 %
0%
2014
1st half
2015
2014
xDSL
1st half
2015
Fibre
2014
1st half
2015
Total
Figure 47 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Business customers.
Downstream speed
Figure 48 shows the distribution of marketed upstream speeds in the business market, broken
down by the technologies xDSL and fibre. For xDSL there are only minor changes in the
distribution of speeds from the end of the 2014 to the end of the first half of 2015. The
proportion of fibre customers that had upstream speeds of 100 Mbit/s or more rose from 17.4
per cent at year-end 2014 to 21.0 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. Of all broadband
customers in the business market, 68.8 per cent had marketed upstream speeds below 10
Mbit/s.
100 %
90 %
80 %
70 %
60 %
50 %
>= 100 Mbit/s
40 %
>= 30 Mbit/s, < 100 Mbit/s
30 %
>= 10 Mbit/s, < 30 Mbit/s
20 %
< 10 Mbit/s
10 %
0%
2014
1st half
2015
2014
xDSL
1st half
2015
Fibre
2014
1st half
2015
Total
Figure 48 Subscriptions for fixed broadband broken down by line speed. Business customers.
Upstream speed
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5.3 Sales revenues
Figure 49 shows the development in fixed broadband revenues for the residential market. The
combined sales revenues rose from NOK 3.23 billion in the first half of 2014 to NOK 3.45
billion in the first half of 2015. Revenue from xDSL declined by 4.6 per cent from the first half
of 2014 to the first half of 2015. Revenue from broadband over cable TV networks increased
by 9.5 per cent in the same period. Revenue from broadband via fibre increased by nearly
NOK 169 million from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, which constitutes an
increase of 18 per cent. Revenue from broadband via other access technologies increased by
nearly NOK 17 million between the first half of 2014 and the first half of 2015.
4 000
3 500
NOK million
3 000
2 500
xDSL
Cable-TV
2 000
Fibre
1 500
Other
Sum
1 000
500
0
1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Figure 49 Fixed broadband sales. Residential market
Figure 50 shows the change in sales revenues in the residential market for fixed broadband. In
all, revenue went up by 5.4 per cent from the first half of 2014 to about NOK 892 million in the
first half of 2015. By comparison, growth was nearly 5.3 per cent from the first half of 2013 to
the first half of 2014. The revenues from fibre grew from NOK 432 million in the first half of
2014 to NOK 503 million in the first half of 2015. This is an increase of 16.4 per cent. Revenue
from xDSL declined by 6.6 per cent in the same period. Average revenue per subscription in
the first half of 2015 is about NOK 14,400 for fibre and NOK 4,000 for xDSL.
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1 000
900
NOK million
800
700
600
xDSL
500
Fibre
400
Other
300
Sum
200
100
1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Figure 50 Fixed broadband sales. Business market
Figure 51 shows the development in revenues for fixed broadband divided between the
residential and business markets. The share of revenue from the residential market is growing,
but the growth has slowed down since the first half of 2013. The share from the residential
market was 79.4 per cent in the first half of 2015. By comparison, this percentage was 79.2 per
NOK million
cent in the first half of 2014.
4 000
80%
3 500
75%
3 000
70%
2 500
65%
2 000
60%
1 500
55%
1 000
50%
500
45%
-
40%
Residential
Business
Share residential
Figure 51 Fixed broadband sales. Residential and business markets.
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5.4 Market shares
Figure 52 shows the development in the market shares for fixed broadband in the residential
market, measured by number of subscriptions. Telenor was the largest provider, with a market
share of 42.3 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. This is a decrease of 0.7 percentage
points since the end of 2014. Get's market share rose from 16.4 per cent at year-end 2014 to
16.9 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. NextGenTel's share declined, while Viken
Fiber and Lyse Fiber's shares remained unchanged since the end of 2014. The smaller
operators in the "other" group increased their combined market share from 23.7 per cent at the
end of 2014 to 24.1 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015.
Telenor
42.3 %
Get
16.9 %
NextGenTel
2013
7.5 %
2014
Viken Fiber
1st half 2015
5.7 %
Lyse Fiber
3.5 %
Other
24.1 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 52 Market shares for fixed broadband measured by number of subscriptions.
Residential market
Figure 53 shows the change in the market shares for fixed broadband in the residential
market, measured by sales revenues. Telenor's market share declined to 42.1 per cent. Get
increased its market share to 14 per cent in the first half of 2015, up from 13.1 per cent in the
first half of 2014. The smaller providers in the "other" group increased the most, by 1.4
percentage points from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015.
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Telenor
42.1 %
Get
14.0 %
NextGenTel
1st half 2013
8.4 %
1st half 2014
Viken Fiber
6.0 %
Lyse Fiber
1st half 2015
3.7 %
Other
25.8 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 53 Market shares for fixed broadband measured by sales revenues. Residential market
Figure 54 shows the change in the market shares for fixed broadband in the business market,
measured by sales revenues. Telenor is the largest operator in the business market, with 27.1
per cent of the market in the first half of 2015, but the percentage declined from 30.0 per cent
in the first half of 2015. It is mainly the smaller operators in the "other" group that increase their
market shares. Amongst these, the operators whose market shares increase the most include
Lyse Fiber, Xfiber, Get and Viken Fiber.
Telenor
27.1 %
Broadnet
13.3 %
Powertech IS
1st half 2013
5.6 %
1st half 2014
NextGenTel
5.3 %
BKK Marked
1st half 2015
4.2 %
Other
44.6 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 54 Market shares for broadband measured by sales revenues. Business market
Figure 55 shows the development in market shares for fixed broadband via xDSL in the
residential and business markets combined, measured by sales revenues. Telenor is the
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largest operator, with 61.4 per cent of the market, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from
the first half of 2015. NextGenTel increased its market share from 19.2 per cent in the first half
of 2014 to 19.7 per cent in the first half of 2015. Broadnet, which lost market shares from the
first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014, increased its market share by 0.3 percentage points
compared to the first half of 2014.
Telenor
61.4 %
NextGenTel
19.7 %
Broadnet
1st half 2013
7.4 %
1st half 2014
Eidsiva
1st half 2015
2.3 %
Stayon
1.6 %
Other
7.5 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Figure 55 Market shares for fixed broadband via xDSL, measured by sales revenues.
Residential and business markets.
Figure 56 shows the development in market shares for broadband via cable TV networks in
the residential and business markets combined, measured by sales revenues. The two largest
providers, Telenor (Canal Digital) and Get, have a combined 90 per cent of this market. After a
large increase from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014, Telenor's market share
declined from 48.5 per cent in the first half of 2014 to 47.8 per cent in the first half of 2015. Get
increased its market share by 0.4 percentage points to 42.8 per cent in the first half of 2015.
There are only minor changes in the market shares of the other providers.
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Telenor
47.8 %
Get
42.8 %
Eidsiva
1st half 2013
1.0 %
1st half 2014
NEAS Bredbånd
0.9 %
Norsk Kabel-TV
1st half 2015
0.9 %
Other
6.5 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Figure 56 Market shares for fixed broadband via cable-TV network, measured by sales
revenues. Residential and business markets.
Figure 57 shows the development in market shares for fixed broadband via fibre in the
residential and business markets combined, measured by sales revenues. Telenor's market
share is at 14.1 per cent, while Viken Fiber's market share is at 14.0 per cent in the first half of
2015. Telenor declines by 1.1 percentage points from the first half of 2014. Lyse Fiber's market
share declined 0.5 percentage points from the first half of 2014 to 9.6 per cent in the first half
of 2015. BKK Marked increased its market share to 5.9 per cent in the first half of 2015, from
5.0 per cent in the first half of 2014. BKK Marked's increase is driven by the residential market.
Telenor
14.1 %
Viken Fiber
14.0 %
Lyse Fiber
1st half 2013
9.6 %
1st half 2014
NTE Marked
5.0 %
BKK Marked
1st half 2015
5.9 %
Other
51.3 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Figure 57 Market shares for fixed broadband via fibre, measured by sales revenues.
Residential and business markets.
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6 Transmission of TV signals
6.1 Introduction
Since 2007 Nkom has collected statistics on subscriptions and sales revenues from the
distribution of TV signals in the form of TV channels or programme packages to end-users (TV
viewers). The statistics are broken down into the various forms of access. These are mainly
the digital terrestrial network, cable TV network, fibre network and satellite.
Towards the end of 2009 the analogue terrestrial network was fully digitised. The last analogue
signals were switched off on 1 December 2009. The company Norges televisjon (NTV) has a
licence to develop and operate the digital terrestrial network, while its sister company RiksTV
offers TV channels or programme packages on the network for a fee. The channels from NRK,
as well as other individual channels, can be received free of charge from RiksTV (the "free
channels"). TV2's main channel could also be received without charge until the end of 2009.
The reception of TV channels other than the "free channels" requires a subscription with
RiksTV.
The statistics in this report measure the number of subscriptions and related sales revenues
for end-customers that have entered into an agreement with RiksTV to receive more channels
than the "free channels". Consequently the statistics do not include end-users who only
receive the "free channels".
Many companies own and operate cable TV networks. A large number of networks have few
users, and several networks are owned by the users, primarily in housing associations. Large
providers such as Canal Digital Kabel-TV and Get supply TV signals in their own networks to
their end-users as well as to subscribers in user-owned networks. In many cases this also
entails the sale of Internet access and broadband telephony to end-users. For cable TV, Nkom
mainly collects figures on end-users of TV signals from providers that also offer Internet
access via cable TV network. This means that some cable TV networks, primarily user-owned
networks, may fall outside the statistics. However, Nkom believes that this currently constitutes
a limited share.
Canal Digital Norge and Viasat transmit TV signals via satellite to end-users in Norway. Nkom
collects data from these two providers.
Each year new fibre optics networks are being rolled out to end-users. The access network is
used for Internet access, receiving TV signals, VoIP and any additional services beyond these.
Digital distribution of broadcasting over broadband access (IP-TV) must not be confused with
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web-TV (Internet-TV), where sound and images are transmitted to dedicated users via the
Internet. Nkom collects statistics on IP TV via fibre.
Nkom also collects data on the transmission of TV signals via DSL. Distribution of this kind is
of very limited scope compared with other forms of access.
6.2 Subscriptions
Figure 58 shows the change in the number of subscriptions for reception of TV signals broken
down by access technology. The total number of subscriptions for reception of TV signals is
nearly 2,226,000 at the end of the first half of 2015. This is just under 1,000 more than at the
end of 2014. Fibre is the only form of access that increases, by 5.3 percent since the end of
2014. The number of subscriptions via cable TV networks declined by one percent from the
end of 2014 to the end of the first half of 2015, while the number of subscriptions via satellite
declined by two per cent in the same period.
Number of subscriptions in thousands
2500
2000
Cable-TV
1500
Satellite
Fibre
1000
DTT
DSL
Totalt
500
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
1st half
2015
Figure 58 Number of subscriptions for reception of TV signals at the end of the period
Figure 59 shows the development in the share of the total number of subscriptions held by the
various forms of access. At the end of the first half of 2015, 20.6 per cent of all TV
subscriptions are based on fibre, which is one percentage point more than at the end of 2014.
Cable TV is the largest access technology, comprising 40.8 per cent of all TV subscriptions,
though its share has declined from 41.2 per cent at the end of 2014. At the end of the first half
of 2015, 25.8 per cent of all TV subscriptions are based on satellite. By comparison, this share
was at 26.4 per cent at the end of 2014.
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45%
40.8 %
40%
35%
30%
25.8 %
25%
2013
20.6 %
2014
20%
1st half 2015
15%
12.4 %
10%
5%
0.3 %
0%
Cable TV
Satellite
Fibre
DTT
DSL
Figure 59 Number of TV subscriptions broken down by form of access. Percentage breakdown
6.3 Sales revenues
6.3.1 The sales concept
The sales that providers report to Nkom primarily consist of earnings from distribution of TV
signals in the form of specific channels or programme packages. Sales also include ancillary
services such as film rental or other playback of media content. Sales include set-up costs and
ongoing subscription payments. Sales revenues do not include earnings from the sale or lease
of physical equipment related to televisions, such as digital boxes or playback devices.
Many forms of access used for television also include other services, particularly access to the
Internet. The way in which the providers invoice the access may vary. However, Nkom
assumes that most of the costs are covered by the subscription to the basic access service.
For cable TV access, this will be the television subscription, while for fibre access this will
generally be the subscription for Internet access.
6.3.2 Developments in sales revenues
In the first half of 2015, total revenue in the market for TV transmission constituted about NOK
4.22 billion. This is an increase of 3.1 per cent compared to the first half of 2014. The form of
access with the greatest growth is fibre, which had sales of NOK 925 million in the first half of
2015 – 23.4 per cent more than in the first half of 2014. Sales revenues from cable TV
increased by 0.3 per cent from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015, despite the decline
in the number of subscriptions. Sales revenues from TV via satellite declined by 2.2 per cent in
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the first half of 2014 compared to the same period in the previous year. In the first half of the
year, sales revenues from transmission of TV signals over the digital terrestrial network were
NOK 581 million, which is 2.8 per cent less than in the first half of 2014.
4 500
4 000
NOK million
3 500
3 000
Cable-TV
2 500
Satellite
Fibre
2 000
DTT
1 500
DSL
1 000
Total
500
1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half 1st half
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Figure 60 Sales revenues from distribution of TV signals broken down by form of access
6.4 Market shares
Figure 61 shows developments in the market shares for transmission of TV signals for all
access technologies, measured by number of subscriptions. Telenor, which includes Canal
Digital, was the largest provider, with a market share of 44.4 per cent at the end of the first half
of 2015. This is half a percentage point less than at the end of 2014. Get is the second largest
provider, increasing its market share from 18.9 per cent at the end of 2014 to 19.3 per cent at
the end of the first half of 2015. RiksTV, which provides TV via the digital terrestrial network,
has a market share of 12.4 per cent at the end of the first half of 2014. Viken Fiber increased
its market share from 4.1 to 4.3 per cent during the first half of 2015.
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Telenor
44.4 %
Get
19.3 %
RiksTV
12.4 %
2013
ViaSat
2014
5.1 %
1st half 2015
Viken Fiber
4.3 %
Lyse Fiber
2.5 %
Other
12.0 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Figure 61 Market shares for distribution of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
All forms of access
Figure 62 shows the development in the market shares for cable TV, measured by number of
subscriptions. Together, Telenor and Get24 have nearly 93 percent of the market. This
combined share has been stable for the past three years. Telenor's market share decreased
from 49.6 per cent at year-end 2014 to 49.2 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015. Get
increased its market share from 42.7 per cent to 43.4 per cent in the same period. There are
only minor changes in the market shares of the smaller providers.
▬
24
Get's market share includes Loqal, Romm and Tel-Ag.
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Telenor
49.2 %
Get
43.4 %
Eidsiva Bredbånd
1.5 %
2013
NEAS Bredbånd
2014
0.7 %
1st half 2015
Nornett
0.6 %
Norsk Kabel-TV
0.6 %
Other
3.9 %
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Figure 62 Market shares for transmission of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
Cable TV
Figure 63 shows the market shares for transmission of TV signals via fibre, measured by
number of subscriptions. Viken Fiber is the largest provider, with 20.5 per cent of subscribers.
The second largest is Telenor, with 17.4 per cent at the end of the first half of 2015, which is
an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the end of 2014. Get25 has the largest
growth in its market share, at 7.6 per cent of the market at the end of the first half of 2015 –
one percentage points higher than at the end of 2014.
▬
25
In 2013, Get's market share includes Loqal, which merged with Get in 2014.
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Viken Fiber
20.5 %
Telenor
17.4 %
Lyse Fiber
12.2 %
2013
Get
2014
7.6 %
1st half 2015
NTE Marked
6.0 %
BKK Marked
3.7 %
Other
32.6 %
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Figure 63 Market shares for transmission of TV signals, measured by number of subscriptions.
Fibre
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Appendix: Operative providers of telephony and broadband at
30 June 2015
VoIP
Fixed
broadband
Total
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145
3net AS
x
x
ACN Norge AS
x
Alta Kraftlag SA
x
x
Altifiber AS
x
x
x
AS Distriktsnett
x
Atea AS
x
x
x
Ballangen Energi AS
x
BANZAI 4G AS
x
Bardufoss Kabel-TV
x
Bayonette AS
x
Berger IKT
x
x
x
Bredbåndsfylket Troms AS
x
x
broadband
ISDN
17
10
x
x
Bofiber AS
Breiband.no AS
PSTN and
x
Avur AS
BKK Marked AS
20
Mobile
x
Andøy Energi AS
Austevoll Kraftlag BA
Mobile
x
Broadnet AS
x
Braathe Gruppen AS
x
Bykle Breiband AS
x
Chili Mobil AS
x
Compatel Norway
DataGuard AS
x
Dataoppdrag AS
x
DKNett AS
x
Drangedal Everk KF
x
x
Eidsiva Bredbånd AS
x
x
Eltele AS
x
x
Enivest AS
x
x
Etne Elektrisitetslag SA
x
x
Evenes Kraftforsyning AS
x
EVRY Norge AS
x
x
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VoIP
Fixed
broadband
Finnås Kraftlag SA
x
x
Fitjar Kraftlag SA
x
x
Furuno Norge AS
x
Fusa Kraftlag
x
Gauldal IKT AS
Get AS
Mobile
Mobile
PSTN and
broadband
ISDN
x
x
x
x
GIG Networks AS
x
GigaFib Holding AS
x
Go Link AS
x
Grongnett AS
x
x
Hadeland og Ringerike Bredbånd
AS
x
x
Hagen TeleConsult AS
x
Halden Dataservice AS
x
Hallingdal Breiband AS
x
Hallingdal Kraftnett AS
x
Hammerfest Energi Bredbånd AS
x
x
Hardanger Breiband AS
x
HardangerNett AS
x
Haugaland Kraft AS
x
Hello AS
x
x
HemneNett AS
x
x
Hesbynett AS
x
x
H-Nett Bredbånd AS
Homebase as
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
InfraNord AS
x
Instrumenttjenesten AS
x
IPLink AS
Istad Nett AS
x
x
Itum AS
Jæren Kabelnett
x
x
ICE Norge AS
Infonett Røros AS
x
x
x
Iaksess AS
Ibidium Norden AS
x
x
Homenet AS
Hålogaland Kraft AS
x
x
x
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VoIP
Klepp Energi AS
x
Kompetanse Nord AS
Fixed
broadband
x
x
x
Kvamnet AS
x
x
Kvantel AS
x
x
Kvinnherad Breiband AS
x
x
Lier Fibernett AS
x
x
Lindtel AS
PSTN and
broadband
ISDN
x
x
x
Luostejok Kraftlag SA
x
x
Lycamobile Norway Ltd
x
Lynet Internett AS
Lyse Fiber AS
x
Mobile
x
Kragerø Energi Bredbånd AS
Lofotkraft Bredbånd AS
Mobile
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Meløy Energi AS
Mobitalk AS
Modum Kabel-TV AS
x
x
Monsternett AS
x
MultiNet AS
x
Neanett AS
x
x
NEAS Bredbånd AS
x
x
Net2you AS
x
x
NettStar AS
NextGenTel AS
x
x
x
x
NextNet AS
x
NK-Nett AS
x
x
x
Norcall AS
x
Norcom Norefjell AS
x
Nornett AS
x
Norsk Kabel-TV AS
x
Notodden Energi AS
x
x
x
NTE Marked AS
x
x
x
Numedal Fiber AS
x
Nye Totalnett AS
x
Okapi AS
x
OpenNet Norge AS
x
Orange Business Norway AS
x
Orkidenett AS
x
x
x
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Mobile
PSTN and
broadband
ISDN
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
TeliaSonera Norge AS
x
x
x
Telipol AS
x
VoIP
Fixed
broadband
Oya24 AS
x
x
Phonect AS
x
x
Phonero AS
x
Phonzo Privat AS
x
Powertech Information Systems AS
Primafon AS
x
x
x
RadioLink Telemark AS
x
Rauma Energi Bredbånd AS
x
RingNett AS
x
x
Romm AS
x
Rybeltron AS
x
Safety Computing AS
x
x
x
Scan Net AS
x
Seram IKT AS
x
Signal Bredbånd AS
x
x
SKL Marked AS
x
x
Skånevik Ølen Kraftlag SA
x
x
Sogn Service AS
x
Sognenett AS
x
Sola Bredbånd AS
x
Sortland Elektro AS
x
StayOn AS
x
x
Stordal Breiband as
x
SuCom AS
x
Suldal Elverk KF
x
x
Sund Bredbånd AS
x
Svorka Aksess AS
x
Tafjord Marked AS
x
x
TDC AS
x
x
Telefiber AS
Telenor Norge AS
Telepartner AS
Tinn Energi AS
x
x
Romerike Bredbånd AS
Sandefjord Bredbånd KF
Mobile
x
x
x
x
x
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VoIP
Tranøy Telecom as
Fixed
broadband
x
x
Tussa IKT AS
x
x
Tveco Elektronikk AS
x
Venabygd Breibandlag BA
x
Verdal Kabel TV AS
x
Verizon Norway AS
x
x
ViaSat AS
x
x
x
x
x
x
Xfiber AS
x
Xito AS
x
Ytre Rælingen Antennelag SA
x
Z Nett AS
x
Zisson AS
x
x
Voss Kommunikasjon AS
Wind Communication AS
ISDN
x
Vitnett AS
Voiplink AS
broadband
x
x
Viken Fiber AS
PSTN and
x
Varanger Kraftutvikling AS
Vesterålskraft Bredbånd AS
Mobile
x
Trollfjord Bredbånd AS
Tysnes Breiband AS
Mobile
x
Ørskog Breiband AS
x
Årdalsnett AS
x
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