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Communications in Finland

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Telephones - main lines in use: 2.368 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 4.988 million (2004)

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)

Television broadcast stations: 120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999)

Internet country code: .fi

Internet hosts: 1,503,976 (2005)

Internet users: 3.286 million (2005)

See also : Finland


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