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Norwegian mobile customers still pay more for mobile data than customers in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. They also use far less data than customers in our Nordic neighbours. But the differences have decreased over the past year. The prices for mobile subscriptions with large data packages have become more rhyming in Norway. Norwegian Breibandskundar also pays more per month than Breibandskundar in the other Nordic countries. This is shown in two new reports on prices for mobile and broad bands in the Nordic region.
"It's good that prices for large data packages in Norway have decreased. This may indicate that the competition has been enough to the delight of Norwegian mobile customers. The government is working for good and reasonable mobile and broad bands in the whole country, among other things by facilitating competition and greater val-free heit, says Minister of Local Government and Rural Affairs Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (Center Party).
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Affairs has commissioned two new reports on Norwegian mobile and broadband prices, prepared by the consulting company Tefficient.
In the report "Assessment of Norwegian mobile revenues in a Nordic context - 2023" (PDF), Tefficient concludes that prices for mobile subscriptions with large data packages ("data-rich plans") have declined in Norway. This is not the case in the other Nordic countries. Norwegian prices for subscriptions with large data packages are no on a par with corresponding prices in Sweden (purchasing power adjusted). However, Norwegian mobile customers generally pay the most per gigabyte in the Nordic region, and Norwegian mobile customers still have the lowest consumption of mobile data. The average mobile customer in Finland uses about five vouchers as much data as a Norwegian mobile customer.
The report "Assessment of Norwegian fixed broadband pricing in a Nordic context - 2023" (PDF) shows that the Norwegian subscription prices for fixed broadband in most cases are higher than prices in the other Nordic countries, also when prices are adjusted for purchasing power. Prices in Norway have increased significantly over the past year, but at the same time similar prices have increased more in the other Nordic countries. In conjunction with the depreciation of the Norwegian krone, this has led to a reduction in the difference between Norway and the other countries. The report also concludes that the price for establishing a new fibre connection in Norway is lower than in Sweden and Finland, while prices in Denmark are low in the Nordic countries.
Both are updates of similar reports prepared by the ministry in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
