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Communications in Sweden

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Telephones - main lines in use: 5.506 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 10.371 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed-line, mobile-cellular, Internet and broadband penetration domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels international: country code - 46; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; 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)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)

Television broadcast stations: 252 (2008)

Internet country code: .se

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 7 million (2007)