March 27, 2004

A Smart Mob reader translated this report from the Norwegian Telegram Bureau (Thanks Richard!)

In Norway, all teenagers between 16 and 19 years of age have a cell phone.

When teens say that "everyone has a cell phone" it's no joke. According to a new study, 100% of all 16 to 19 year olds who were surveyed, replied that they have their own cell telephone. This compares to the rest of the population where 86% have a mobile telephone. Norwegians send an average of 2,8 private text messages per day, but young women between 16 and 24 are the most active: They send over 8 text messages per day on average.
The questionnaire was developed and sent out by the national statistical office in Norway (Statistics Norway) in cooperation with Telenor. Statistics Norway is no fly by night organization. They are perhaps the best group in Norway for analyzing random samples of individuals. Thus, the results are reliable. Basically the report says that they could not find a 16 to 19 year old in Norway who didn't own a mobile phone.

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