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Iceland:
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Other pages in this profile of Iceland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 193,700 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 636.4 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 328,500 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,079.3 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market international: country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canada, US, and Ireland; 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 |
Definition AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 14 (plus 156 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .is |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 270,942 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 890.2 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 194,000 (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 637.4 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 99 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 5 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 94 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 28 under 914 m: 63 (2007) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 13,058 km paved/oiled gravel: 4,397 km (does not include urban roads) unpaved: 8,661 km (2007) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,704 GRT/729 DWT by type: passenger/cargo 2 registered in other countries: 45 (Antigua and Barbuda 12, Bahamas 1, Belize 1, Faroe Islands 4, Gibraltar 1, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 3, Norway 3, St Vincent and the Grenadines 13) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik |
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