Page last updated on January 7, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use: 24,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 182
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
61,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 199
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: conversion to digital system completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed
international: country code - 298; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable (2011)

Broadcast media:
1 publicly owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly owned radio station supplemented by 2 privately owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies (2008)

Internet country code:
.fo

Internet hosts:
7,575 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
37,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 176
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]