Introduction
How is the communication system in Finland? Here, Broadcast media include a mix of 3 publicly operated TV stations and numerous privately owned TV stations; several free and special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals are broadcast digitally; Internet television, such as Netflix and others, is available; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters and access to Internet radio. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Finland
| Internet country code | .fi
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|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 1.846 million (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 33 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 5.115 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 93% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Finland’s telecom market is among the more progressive in Europe, with operators having been at the forefront in deploying technologies and with the regulator being among the first to auction spectrum for 5G use; these efforts have been supported by the government which is working towards its target of providing a broadband service of at least 100Mb/s by 2025; 5G services were available to more than 40% of the population by early 2021, and take-up among subscribers has been strong although most will remain with LTE in the short term; the country enjoys one of the highest broadband and mobile subscription rates in the region, with customers able to make use of the latest iterations of technologies including DOCSIS3.1, LTE-A, 5G, and GPON fiber infrastructure; Finland has emerged as one of the pioneers in 5G; the auction of spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.5GHh bands has enabled network operators to extend the availability of LTE services nationally and to prepare for 5G services; Spectrum in the 2.5GHz band was auctioned in mid-2020 and has since enabled the MNOs to widen their 5G footprint considerably; there is an ongoing shift away from DSL to fiber and mobile networks (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line 4 per 100 subscriptions and nearly 129 per 100 mobile-cellular (2021) |
| International | Country code - 358; landing points for Botnia, BCS North-1 & 2, SFL, SFS-4, C-Lion1, Eastern Lights, Baltic Sea Submarine Cable, FEC, and EESF-2 & 3 submarine cables that provide links to many Finland points, Estonia, Sweden, Germany, and Russia; 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) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 186,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 3 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 7.13 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 129 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Finland
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