Shaping Norway’s Digital Future

Reader’s guide

AI

Artificial intelligence

CDMA2000 1x EV-DO

Code Division Multiple Access (Evolution-Data Optimised)

CDMA 1xRTT

Code Division Multiple Access (Single-Carrier Radio Transmission Technology)

Datatilsynet

Norwegian Data Protection Authority

Digdir

Norwegian Digitalisation Agency

ICT

Information and communication technology

EDGE

Enhanced Data for Global Evolution

FDI

Foreign direct investment

Finanstilsynet

Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway

Framework

OECD Going Digital Integrated Policy Framework

Gbps

Gigabits per second

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHz

Gigahertz

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

HSPA

High Speed Packet Access

IoT

Internet of Things

Kbps

Kilobits per second

LTE

Long-Term Evolution

Mbps

Megabits per second

NDS

National digital strategy

NDSC

National digital strategy comprehensiveness indicator

Nkom

Norwegian Communications Authority

R&D

Research and development

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

VC

Venture capital

WCDMA

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WiMAX IEEE 802.16e

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

Country groupings

EU	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Nordic 5	Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Nordic 4	Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
OECD	Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Abbreviations

For most of the figures, this publication uses ISO codes for countries or economies.

AUS	Australia	ISL	Iceland
AUT	Austria	ISR	Israel
BEL	Belgium	ITA	Italy
BGR	Bulgaria	JPN	Japan
BRA	Brazil	KOR	Korea
CAN	Canada	LTU	Lithuania
CHE	Switzerland	LUX	Luxembourg
CHL	Chile	LVA	Latvia
COL	Colombia	MEX	Mexico
CZE	Czech Republic	NLD	Netherlands
DEU	Germany	NOR	Norway
DNK	Denmark	POL	Poland
ESP	Spain	PRT	Portugal
EST	Estonia	ROU	Romania
FIN	Finland	SVK	Slovak Republic
FRA	France	SVN	Slovenia
GBR	United Kingdom	SWE	Sweden
GRC	Greece	THA	Thailand
HRV	Croatia	TUR	Türkiye
HUN	Hungary	USA	United States
IRL	Ireland