Communications in Sweden
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Communications in Sweden
Telephones
- main lines in use: 6,579,200 (2002)
- mobile cellular: 7.949 million (2002)
- general assessment: excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
- domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels
- international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)
Radio
Television
- broadcast stations: 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
- television sets: 4.6 million (1997)
Internet
- internet service providers (ISPs): 29 (2000)
- internet users: 82% of the population. ~7.3 million (2004)
See also
- Culture of Sweden
- List of Swedish newspapers
- List of Swedish television channels
- List of Swedish companies
- List of Swedes
References
- CIA World Factbook 2001
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