Communications in Iceland

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Telephones - main lines in use: 196,984 (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)

Telephone system: extensive domestic service
domestic: the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables and microwave radio relay links
international: 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); CANTAT-3 submarine cable, FARICE-1 submarine cable

Telephone country code: +354

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios: 260,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 98,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 20 (2001)

Country code (Top-level domain): IS

Internet users: 220,000 (2002)

• Morgunblaðið - an Icelandic newspaper
• Fréttablaðið - another Icelandic newspaper, delivered free of charge in the South-west and Akureyri (it is sponsored by advertisements)
• Blaðið - another Icelandic newspaper, delivered free of charge in the Reykjavík area (sponsored by advertisements)
• Iceland Review - Iceland's oldest English language publication