Telephones 26,000 of which about 3,500 are mobile telephones (1996)

Telephone system good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization to be completed in 1998
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 optical fiber submarine cable linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland

Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1 (repeaters 13), shortwave 0

Radios 11,800 (1996 est.)

Television broadcast stations 1 (repeaters 45)

Televisions 11,600 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Faroe Islands on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.