Sweden: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 3,554,665 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 12.639 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 129 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure; ranked among leading countries for fixed-line, mobile-cellular, Internet and broadband penetration domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels international: country code - 46; submarine cables provide links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station (2015) |
| Broadcast media | publicly owned TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international bro (2008) |
| Internet country code | .se |
| Internet users | total: 8.881 million percent of population: 90.6% (July 2015 est.) |