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  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
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Broadcast media the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) began direct television transmission to Svalbard via satellite in 1984; Longyearbyen households have access to 3 NRK radio and 2 television stations 2008
Internet > ISP 13 2000 58th out of 161
Internet > Internet Service Providers 13 2003 78th out of 229
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0 1998
Telephone system > General assessment adequate 2013
Telephone system > International country code - 47-790; satellite earth station - 1 of unknown type (for communication with Norwegian mainland only) 2012

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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Internet 3 Telephone system 3

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