Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
24,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 182
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
61,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 199
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment:
good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic:
conversion to digital system 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 (2011)
1 publicly owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly owned radio station supplemented by 2 privately owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies (2008)
7,575 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
37,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 176
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]