| Communications | Faroe Islands |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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23,000 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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471 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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50,000 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,024 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization was completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed
international: country code - 298; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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48,856 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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3,759 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus 43 repeaters) (September 1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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16,286 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.fo |
Internet hosts:
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8,516 (2008) |
Internet users:
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34,000 (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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696 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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