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Communications of Faroe Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:23,000 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:42,500 (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization was 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
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:26,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:3 (plus 43 repeaters) (September 1995)
Televisions:15,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.fo
Internet hosts:6,915 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):2 (2000)
Internet users:33,000 (2005)

Faroe Islands Quickstats

  • Population: 47,511 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1,399 sq km
  • Density: 34 /km² (169th)
  • GDP (total): $1.0 billion (not ranked)
  • GDP (per capita): $22,000 (2001 estimate) (not ranked)
  • Literacy:

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  • Currency: Faroese króna² (DKK)
  • Dial code: +298

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