Short facts about communications in Finland

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.861 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,162,574 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  modern system with excellent service domestic:  cable, microwave radio relay, and an extensive cellular net provide domestic needs international:  1 submarine cable; 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)

Radios:

7.7 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

130 (plus 385 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

3.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.fi

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

23 (2000)

Internet users:

2.27 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook