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Communications In IcelandTelephones - 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) Iceland
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