Finland



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Finland Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.74 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6.08 million (2007)
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; submarine cables provide links to Estonia and Sweden; 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); note - On 1 September 2007, Finland became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally
Internet country code: .fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax
Internet hosts: 3.877 million (2008)
Internet users: 3.6 million (2007)

NOTE: The communications information regarding Finland on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Finland Communications 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Finland Communications 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.