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Iceland Communications:

Telephones — main lines in use:
190,700 (2003 est.)

Telephones — mobile cellular:
279,100 (2003 est.)

Telephone system:
general assessment: extensive domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables and microwave radio relay links
international: country code - 354; 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 est.)

Television broadcast stations:
14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997 est.)

Internet country code:
.is

Internet hosts:
122,175 (2004 est.)

Internet users:
195,000 (2003 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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