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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
24,851 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
10,761 (1999)
Telephone system:
general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization was completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
26,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
3 (plus 43 low-power repeaters) (September 1995)
Televisions:
15,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.fo
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
3,000 (2000)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
0 km
Highways:
total: 463 km
paved: 454 km
unpaved: 9 km (1999)
Waterways:
none
Ports and harbors:
Torshavn, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri, Runavik, Fuglafjordhur
Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 100,951 GRT/139,396 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Norway 1, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1
Airports:
1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA%
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of Denmark
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
Faroese are considering proposals for full independence; Denmark dispute with Iceland over the Faroe Islands fisheries median line boundary of 200 NM; Denmark disputes with Iceland, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM
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