| Communications | Iceland |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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204,000 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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656 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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348,100 (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,120 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network
domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market
international: country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canada, US, and Ireland; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) |
Broadcast media:
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state-owned public television broadcaster operates 1 TV channel nationally; several privately-owned TV stations broadcast nationally and roughly another half-dozen operate locally; about half the households utilize multi-channel cable or satellite TV services; state-owned public radio broadcaster operates 2 national networks and 4 regional stations; 2 privately-owned radio stations operate nationally and another 15 provide more limited coverage (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 3, FM about 70, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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103,686 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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4,444 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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311,058 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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22,219 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.is |
Internet hosts:
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344,748 (2010) |
Internet users:
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301,600 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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970 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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