How many people have cell phones in Faroe Islands?
Telephones | 20,900 |
Cell Phones | 50,000 |
Telephone System |
general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities domestic: conversion to digital system completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed international: country code - 298; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable |
Internet Hosts | 8,936 |
Internet Users | 34,000 |
Internet Country Code | .fo |
Broadcast Media | 1 publicly owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly owned radio station supplemented by 2 privately owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies |