General

Communication
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Telephones:

143.600 (1993)

Telephone system:

adequate 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 5, FM 147 (transmitters and repeaters), shortwave 0

Radios:

91,500 licensed (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations:

202 (transmitters and repeaters)

Televisions:

96,100 licensed (1993 est.)

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