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Finland:
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Other pages in this profile of Finland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 1.92 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 366.1 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 5.67 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1,081.1 (2006) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: modern system with excellent service domestic: digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive cellular network provide domestic needs international: country code - 358; submarine cables provide links to Estonia and Sweden; satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 120 (plus 431 repeaters) (1999); note - On 1 September 2007, Finland became one of the first countries in the world to broadcast all television signals digitally |
Internet country code |
Definition .fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2.323 million (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 442.9 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 2.925 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 557.7 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 148 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 76 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 22 under 914 m: 15 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 72 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 68 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 694 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 5,741 km broad gauge: 5,741 km 1.524-m gauge (2,619 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 78,821 km paved: 50,854 km (includes 700 km of expressways) unpaved: 27,967 km (2008) |
Waterways |
Definition 7,842 km note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 97 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,474,081 GRT/1,160,762 DWT by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 26, carrier 1, chemical tanker 6, container 3, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 19, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 27, vehicle carrier 2 foreign-owned: 9 (Estonia 2, Germany 2, Norway 3, Sweden 2) registered in other countries: 48 (Bahamas 9, Germany 4, Gibraltar 4, Netherlands 14, Norway 1, Panama 2, St Kitts and Nevis 1, Sweden 12, UK 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Raahe, Rauma, Turku |
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