Telephones - main lines in use:
5.323 million (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
10.988 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed-line, mobile-cellular, Internet and broadband penetration
domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels
international: country code - 46; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; 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 broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)

Television broadcast stations:
252 (2008)

Internet country code:
.se

Internet hosts:
3.886 million (2009)

Internet users:
8.1 million (2008)