Communications in Iceland
Communications in Iceland
Icelandic Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 186,700 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 347,500 (2007)
Telephone system: general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market international: country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canada, US, and Ireland; 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, shortwave 1 (2008)
Television broadcast stations: 14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code: .is
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
Internet users: 202,300 (2007)