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Norway: Mobile cellular subscriptions

109.35per 100 people · 2024-2.1% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Norway from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024109.349
2023109.654
2022111.657
2021109.586
2020108.297
2019108.005
2018107.703
2017108.393
2016109.427
2015110.118
2014111.69
2013112.046
2012115.524
2011115.596
2010114.524
2009110.892
2008109.293
2007106.979
2006104.472
2005102.841
200498.541
200388.962
200283.517
200179.603
200071.79
199959.702
199846.754
199738.062
199628.79
199522.51
199413.57
19938.613
19926.6
19915.5
19904.64
19893.966
19883.615
19872.867
19862.089
19851.519
19840.943
19830.569
19820.269
19810.041
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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