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Telephones - main lines in use:
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6.017 million (December 1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3.835 million (October 1998)
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Telephone system:
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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:
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AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios:
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8.25 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions:
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4.6 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.se
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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29 (2000)
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Internet users:
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6.02 million (2002)
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