Finland

Finland Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
2.548 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular
4.7 million (2003)

Telephone system
general assessment: modern system with excellent service
domestic: digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive cellular network provide domestic needs
international: country code - 358; 1 submarine cable (Finland Estonia Connection); satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)

Radio broadcast stations
AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999)

Internet country code
.fi

Internet hosts
1,219,173 (2004)

Internet users
2.65 million (2002)



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