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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
6.017 million (December 1998)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
3.835 million (October 1998)
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
domestic:
coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels
international:
5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)
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| Radios: |
8.25 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
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| Televisions: |
4.6 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.se
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
29 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
4.5 million (2000)
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