Iceland: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 168,149 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 51 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 384,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 116 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market international: country code - 354; the CANTAT-3 and FARICE-1 submarine cable systems provide connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, UK, Denmark, and Germany; a planned new section of the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable will provide additional connectivity to Canad (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-owned public TV broadcaster operates 1 TV channel nationally; several privately owned TV stations broadcast nationally and roughly another half-dozen operate locally; about one-half the households utilize multi-channel cable or satellite TV services (2007) |
Internet country code | .is |
Internet users | total: 326,000 percent of population: 98.2% (July 2015 est.) |