Telecommunications in Denmark

Telephones - main lines in use: 2.4 million (June 2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 5.6 million (June 2006)

Telephone system: excellent telephone and telegraph services
domestic: buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network, 4 cellular radio communications systems
international: 18 submarine fiber-optic cables linking Denmark with Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Canada; satellite earth stations - 6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1 Orion, 1 Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East); note - the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth station and the Eik, Rogaland station for world-wide Inmarsat access

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 355, shortwave 0, DAB 1 (with 17 channels) (2005)

Radios: 6.02 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 42 (plus 44 repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions: 3.121 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 12 (1999)

Internet Users: Dial up: 1,682,781 (2004) XDSL: 638,121 (2004) Cable modem: 345,618 (2004)

Country codes/ccTLD: .dk