Telephones - main lines in use:
196,984 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)
Telephone system:
general assessment: extensive domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables and microwave radio relay links
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
260,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
98,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.is
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
20 (2001)
Internet users:
220,000 (2002)
NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland Communications 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.