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Faroe Islands: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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24,851 (1999)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10,761 (1999)
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Telephone system:
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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:
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AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Radios:
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26,000 (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
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Televisions:
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15,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.fo
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2000)
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Internet users:
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3,000 (2000)
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