Note 09: Other income and expenses
| NOK in millions | 2005 | 2004 | |||
| Gains on disposals of fixed assets and operations | 320 | 562 | |||
| Losses on disposals of fixed assets and operations | 152 | 74 | |||
| Expenses for workforce reduction and onerous (loss) contracts 1) | 410 | 336 | |||
| Total other (income) and expenses | 242 | (152) | |||
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| 1) See note 12. | |||||
Gains on disposals in 2005 were primarily sale of properties, as well as some businesses. Gains on disposals in 2004 were primarily the sale of parts of the Telecom business of EDB Business Partner ASA and the sale of the subsidiaries Venture III AS, Securinet AS and Transacty AS.
Losses on disposal in 2005 were primarily related to disposal of properties and equipment and Fixed Czech and Slovakia.
Expenses for workforce reduction and onerous (loss) contracts in 2005 were primarily related to the MVNO contract in Sweden and expenses for workforce reductions in Fixed. Expenses in 2004 were primarily workforce reductions related to the IT-operations, Fixed and the Nordic mobile operations. See note 12.

