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Finland Communications 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/finland/finland_communications.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Finland Communications 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 640,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 90

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.6 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 139 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 99

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system with excellent service
domestic: digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive mobile-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) (2011)

Broadcast media:
a mix of publicly operated TV stations and privately owned TV stations; in 2008, the 2 publicly owned TV stations expanded services and the largest private TV station has introduced several special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals have been broadcast digitally since September 2007; analog broadcasts via cable networks were terminated in February 2008; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 59, shortwave 2 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999); note - on 1 September 2007, Finland began broadcasting all television signals digitally; analog broadcasts via cable networks were discontinued 29 February 2008

Internet country code:
.fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax

Internet hosts:
4.763 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 22
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 5.1 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 94.0% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 64


NOTE: The information regarding Finland on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Finland Communications 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Finland Communications 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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