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If you bring with you telecommunication equipment from other countries when you move to Norway, it has to meet the requirements of the Norwegian Post and Telecom Authority, which are equivalent to the EU standards, in order to work properly. Should you have questions, contact the Norwegian Post and Telecom Authority at:

Post- og Teletilsynet
Revierstr. 2
Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 (22) 82 4600
website: www.npt.no/

If you decide to purchase telecom equipment in Norway, keep in mind that the telecom vendors are highly competitive and prices vary. Compare prices here: www.telepriser.no

Credit card calls
Most credit cards can be used on public telephones. Look for a red phone box or phone booths in shopping centres, bus and train stations, waiting halls and parking areas.

Directory and Operator information
The biggest telecom company in Norway is Telenor (the previously state owned Televerket). Telenor issues the telephone directory.
For the telephone directory, call 1881.
For general information, call 140.

For a complete list of telecom companies (private and business, mobile, Internet, broadband, ISDN/ASDL, etc), look under Telekommunikasjon in the yellow pages or online at: www.gulesider.no

To set up a phone connection, contact one of the following telecom companies:

Telia Norge
Lysaker Torg 5
Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 (21) 01 /+ 47 (800) 31 516
website: www.telia.no
NetCom
Sandakerv. 140
Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 (924) 05 050 private/+ 47 (924) 05 051 business
website: www.netcom.no
Tele2Norge
Ulvenv. 89 B
Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 (21) 31 9000/+ 47 (800) 65 001
Telenor
Universitetsg. 2
Oslo
Norway
Tel: + 47 05525 private/+ 47 05535 business
website: www.telenor.no

International Calls
International telephone calls can be made from all public phone boxes. You will normally have the possibility to make international calls with your telephone subscription. To make international calls from Norway, call 00 before you dial the number.
To book a call through an operator, call 115.
You find more information at: www.telenor.no

Long Distance Calls
You will normally have long distance calls included in your telephone service and the charge for long distance calls is the same as for local calls.

Public Phones
Public phones take coins, credit cards and phone cards and you can make local, long distance and international phone calls from a public phone. There will be instructions in Norwegian and English in the phone box.
For the telephone directory, call 1881. Telephone card phones
Telephone cards can be used on all public phones and the card can be purchased and refilled in kiosks such as Narvesen.

Mobile phones
NB! Talking on a hand held mobile phone while driving a car is illegal in Norway.
Norway, together with Finland, has the most mobile phones in use in the population. The mobile phone network in Norway is among the most modern in the world and there is a very good coverage all over Norway and throughout Europe (with digital GSM and an increasing use of satellite phone systems). There is a strong competition between the mobile companies and prices vary. Telenor and NetCom are the biggest mobile phone companies.

To set up a mobile phone subscription, you may contact Telenor at Tel: + 47 09000
or go to: www.telenor.no

For a complete list of mobile companies, look under Mobilkommunikasjon in the yellow pages or online at: www.gulesider.no

Phone numbers Mobile numbers start with 9 or 4.