Household 5G coverage reaches 99%

A new report from Norwegian telecoms regulator Nkom has found that 99 percent of households in Norway had basic 5G coverage by 30 June this year. Just under 92 percent of homes have 5G service able to provide service at a minimum of 30 Mbps, and approximately 69 percent can expect a speed of 100 Mbps.

Nkom said 72 percent of homes in Norway had the option of 5G service from all three operators, namely Telenor, Telia and Ice, by the end of H1. It said 69 percent of households could obtain 100 Mbps service on the 5G network by then, up from 62 percent on the same date in 2023. It said 5G coverage at 100 Mbps in built-up areas was 79 percent (72% in 2023) and was 17 percent in sparsely populated places (13%). 

The report shows that 84 percent of households could get 100 Mbps 5G service from at least one mobile network by the end of the first half of 2024, 62 percent from at least two, and 31 percent from all three mobile network operators.

Area coverage for 5G is still limited in most counties but on a national basis, around 61 percent of Norway can receive a 5G signal, albeit without a significant speed. National territorial coverage by 5G or 4G had reached 84 percent at the end of the first half of 2024, with 30 Mbps reception available to 45 percent of Norway’s area and 100 Mbps coverage at 9 percent.