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Telephones - main lines in use:
20,200 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 193
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
59,400 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 196
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

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

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 (2008)

Internet country code:
.fo

Internet hosts:
7,595 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
37,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]