It has been reported that Statoil ASA, the oil giant primarily based in Norway, is currently considering a delay in some natural - gas production in Norway till the year 2012.

TeliaSonera, the Nordic carrier, on Monday deployed in Oslo and Sotckholm, what it says are the world's first two commercial network making the most the LTE wireless technology. The maximum speed that the networks claim are a whopping 100Mbit per second.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it was assessing the importance of public health of a mutation of the pandemic H1N1 virus detected in Norway and some other countries.

The WHO has been informed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health of a mutation of the H1N1 virus found in two patients who have both died. One of them had severe illness.

Norwegian researchers said this week that heart patients in Norway had a higher risk of dying from cancer if they consumed folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements as compared with those who did not take them.

Advisers to Tandberg ASA, a video conferencing firm in Norway, have voiced their demand that Cisco Systems, which is currently one of the suitors looking to acquire the company, should raise its bid to $3 Billion. The demand has come just before the bidding deadline of Monday.

Norway's leading telecom company Telenor has delighted investors and shocked analysts after posting third quarter figures which have managed to beat all estimates. In light of the positive new development, the firm has also increased its 2009 efficiency target figures.

Cisco Systems, the world`s major manufacturer of networking equipment has decided to acquire  Tandberg ASA for USD 2.97 billion, with the aim to spread out its lineup of video-conferencing products.

The sources informed that the company will pay 153.50 kroner a share in cash.

Tandberg is the World's largest maker of videoconferencing equipment.

Opera 10 - that is the new version of the Opera browser, which, three months after the beta first appeared on June 3, has been made available for download for Windows, Linux, and Mac! Redesigned and enhanced with new features, the Opera 10 not only promises faster downloads, but also works more speedily on resource-intensive pages like Facebook and Gmail.

Oslo  - Norwegian cross-country ski star Marit Bjoergen is aiming for at least one medal, a gold, at the world championships in the Czech resort of Liberec.

"A gold is what counts highest for me. One top achievement is more important than four good placings," Bjoergen recently told the Adresseavisen newspaper published in Trondheim where she was born.

Oslo - Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro chief executive Eivind Reiten announced Monday he would step down at the end of March saying he was fulfilling his own time line for his departure.

Svein Richard Brandtzaeg, 51, head of Hydro's aluminium products business, was to succeed Reiten as of March 30.