Communications in the Faroe Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:22,000 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular:35,000 (2004) est.

Telephone system:good international communications; good domestic facilities
"domestic:"digitalization was to have been completed in 1998
"international:"
satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 2 fiber-optic submarine cable linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark, Iceland and Scotland

Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:26,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:7 (plus 51 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions:15,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):DataNet [http://www.datanet.fo] El & Tele [http://www.eltele.fo] Føroya Tele [http://www.ft.fo] Kall [http://www.kall.fo] Teletech [http://www.teletech.fo]

Country code (TLD): FO

References

* https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html#Comm


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