Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 17,300
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 189

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 61,400
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 123 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 199

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 (2011)

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)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
3 (plus 43 repeaters) (September 1995)

Internet country code:
.fo

Internet hosts:
7,575 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 44,000
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 88.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 188