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Market Intelligence Reports provide an invaluable mix of vital market data and background information, including telecoms regulation. According to the Norwegian postal and telecommunications regulator (PT), total turnover in Norway's telecommunications market amounted to NKr30,708 million in 2005, up by a little over 2.0% from NKr30,099 million in 2004. These figures relate to telecommunications operators registered with the PT, and may therefore slightly exaggerate the size of the market as several operators sell services other than telecommunications services, such as IT equipment. Nevertheless, the regulator claims that the fixed-line market was worth NKr10,229 million in 2005, down by 7.9% from NKr11,110 million in 2004. The mobile market grew by 8.0% year-on-year, from NKr12,471 million to NKr13,465 million. The Internet services market witnessed a 17.6% increase in turnover in 2005, rising from NKr3,427 million in 2004 to NKr4,031 million. Market shares for the fixed-line sector have not been published for several years, partly because new entrants remain highly-dependent on the national and international fixed line networks of the incumbent, Telenor. This means that Telenor is an indirect supplier of telephony services offered by alternative operators. Clearly, however, Telenor leads the fixed-line market, serving 1,089,000 PSTN, 509,000 ISDN, and 25,600 VoIP subscribers as well as 165,000 narrowband and 475,000 ADSL subscribers at the end of 2005. On a wholesale basis, Telenor also served 313,000 PSTN/ISDN subscribers, 109,000 ADSL subscribers, and 235,000 unbundled local loop subscribers at the end of 2005. Competitors in the fixed-line market include: Tele2, NextGenTel, TDC Song, BKK, and Ventelo/Catch. At the end of September 2006, there were 4.348 million mobile telephone customers in Norway, with the market shared between network operators NetCom (37.65%) and Telenor Mobil (62.35%). A host of service providers and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) support the market; these include: Tele2, TeliaSonera-owned Chess/Sense, Ventelo, and others. In the broadband sector, Telenor accounted for around 40% of all subscriptions as of December 2005, with Telio accounting for the next-largest market share (of 14%). Close behind were NextGenTel (8%) and Lyse Tele (8%) and a large number of much smaller service providers. During 2006, Hafslund, one of Norway's leading suppliers and generators of electricity, began to show its intention to become one of the major players in the Norwegian telecommunications market. In November 2005, the company had acquired Bredbåndsfabrikken AS, a dark fibre infrastructure supplier, from Telenor, and already owned its own fibre supplier, Hafslund ToKom. In June 2006, Hafslund acquired Priority Telecom Norway, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netherlands-based Priority Telecom.
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