Sweden Communications 1997

Telephones 13 million (1996 est.)

Telephone system excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallelmicrowave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels
international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (AtlanticOcean), 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 5, FM 360 (mostly repeaters), shortwave 0

Radios 7.272 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 880 (mostly repeaters)

Televisions 3.5 million

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.