- Communications in Finland
Finland has excellentcommunication s, and is considered one of the most advanced information societies in the world. [ [http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25850 Communications superpower — Virtual Finland ] ]Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use:2.368 million (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:4.988 million (2004)
Telephone system:"General Assessment:"Modern system with excellent service.
"Domestic:"
Digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensivecellular network provide domestic needs. There are two major cellular network providers with independent networds (Elisa andSonera ). There are several smaller providers such asDNA , which may have independent networks in smaller areas, but are generally dependent on rented networks. There is a great variety of cellular providers and contracts, and competition is particularly fierce."International:"Country code - 358; 1
submarine cable (Finland Estonia Connection); satellite earth stations - access toIntelsat transmission service via a Swedishsatellite earth station, 1Inmarsat (Atlantic andIndian Ocean regions); note - Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the otherNordic countries (Denmark ,Iceland ,Norway , andSweden ).Radio and Television
There is a national public radio and television company
Yleisradio (Yle), which is funded bytelevision license fees, and two major private media companies,Alma Media andSanomaWSOY , with national TV channels. Yle maintains four TV channels YLE1, YLE2, Teema and FST5. There are four advertising-funded, national channels: Alma Media hasMTV3 andSubTV , and SanomaWSOY hasNelonen andJIM . There are also a lot of pay-TV channels.Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2,FM 186,shortwave 1 (1998)Television broadcast stations:120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999)
Television is broadcasted as digital (
DVB-T ) only since August 2007. On cable, only digital (DVB-C ) will be broadcasted from 2008 on.Internet
Internet country code: .fi
Internet hosts:1,503,976 (2005)
Internet users:3.286 million (2005)
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Finland References
External links
* [http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25850 Virtual Finland - Communications superpower (including statistics)]
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