Telephones main lines in use: 6.017 million (December 1998) mobile cellular: 3.835 million (October 1998) general assessment: excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998) radio sets: 8.25 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995) television sets: 4.6 million (1997) Internet internet service providers (ISPs): 29 (2000) internet users: 4.5 million (2000) See also Culture of Sweden List of Swedish newspapers List of Swedish television channels List of Swedish companies List of Swedes Telia Sonera Sveriges Television Government Agencies in Sweden References CIA World Factbook 2001
