Telephones - main lines in use 168,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 65,746 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: adequate 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)

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 country code .is

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 7 (2000)

Internet users 168,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.