Introduction
How is the communication system in Faroe Islands? Here, Broadcast media include 1 publicly owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly owned radio station supplemented by 3 privately owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Faroe Islands
Internet country code .fo
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 18,443 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 38 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 51,728 (2021 est.)
Percent of population 97.6% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment The Faroe Islands have a highly developed communication network, which covers the whole country; from telecommunication and mobile phones to the internet and media, the Faroe Islands are at the forefront of modern communications technology; working within the special geographic circumstances of the Faroe Islands; companies have become world experts in providing digital communication solutions to remote and sparsely populated areas (2022)
Domestic 29 per 100 teledensity for fixed-line and nearly 110 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2021)
International Country code - 298; landing points for the SHEFA-2, FARICE-1, and CANTAT-3 fiber-optic submarine cables from the Faroe Islands, to Denmark, Germany, UK and Iceland; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 15,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 29 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 59,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 112 (2021 est.)
All Important Facts about Faroe Islands

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Faroe Islands is found in Northern Europe