Finland Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
2.55 million (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
4.7 million (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
modern system with excellent service
domestic:
digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive cellular network provide domestic needs
international:
country code - 358; 1 submarine cable (Finland Estonia Connection); 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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999 est.)
Internet country code:
.fi
NA (2004 est.)
Internet hosts:
1,219,173 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
2.65 million (2002 est.)
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