Greenland Telecommunications Profile 2001

Telephones - main lines in use

25,617 (end 1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular

12,676 (end 1999)

Telephone system

general assessment: adequate domestic and international service provided by satellite, cables and microwave radio relay; totally digitalized in 1995

domestic: microwave radio relay and satellite

international: satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 2 Americom GE-2 (all Atlantic Ocean)

Radios

30,000 (1998 est.)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)

Televisions

30,000 (1998 est.)

Television broadcast stations

1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)

Internet country code

.gl

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

1 (2000)

Internet users

4,008 (1999)