| Communications | Finland |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.25 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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238 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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8.39 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,596 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system with excellent service
domestic: digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive mobile-cellular network provide domestic needs
international: country code - 358; submarine cables provide links to Estonia and Sweden; satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) |
Broadcast media:
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a mix of publicly-operated TV stations and privately-owned TV stations; the 2 publicly-owned TV stations recently expanded services and the largest private TV station has introduced several special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals have been broadcast digitally since September 2007; analog broadcasts via cable networks were terminated in February 2008; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 59, shortwave 2 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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2,629,625 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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89,140 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,629,625 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999); note - on 1 September 2007, Finland began broadcasting all television signals digitally; analog broadcasts via cable networks were discontinued 29 February 2008 |
Television broadcast stations density:
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43,828 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax |
Internet hosts:
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4.394 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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4.393 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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836 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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