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Faroe Islands Communications
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
24,851 (1999)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
10,761 (1999)
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| Telephone system: |
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:
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
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
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| Televisions: |
15,000 (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.fo
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
2 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
3,000 (2000)
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