Short facts about communications in Iceland

Telephones - main lines in use:

168,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

65,746 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  adequate domestic service domestic:  the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables and microwave radio relay links international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

260,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

98,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.is

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7 (2000)

Internet users:

144,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook