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Other pages in this profile of Finland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
1.92 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
5.67 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: modern system with excellent service domestic: digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive 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) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999) |
Internet country code |
.fi; note - the ICANN has assigned the ccTLD of .ax to the Aland Islands |
Internet hosts |
2.323 million (2007) |
Internet users |
2.925 million (2006) |
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Airports |
148 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 76 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 22 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 72 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 68 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 694 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 5,741 km broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 78,189 km paved: 50,760 km (includes 700 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,429 km (2007) |
Waterways |
7,842 km note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 92 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,362,014 GRT/1,002,280 DWT by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 26, chemical tanker 6, container 3, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 20, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 23, vehicle carrier 2 foreign-owned: 5 (Germany 2, Norway 1, Sweden 2) registered in other countries: 43 (Bahamas 8, Germany 4, Gibraltar 3, Marshall Islands 2, Netherlands 14, Norway 1, Sweden 10, UK 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Hamina, Hanko, Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Porvoo, Raahe, Rauma, Turku |
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