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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Iceland & United Kingdom

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STAT Iceland United Kingdom HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 189,000
Ranked 125th.
33.01 million
Ranked 9th. 175 times more than Iceland

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 590.37
Ranked 11th. 13% more than United Kingdom
522.08
Ranked 16th.

Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 55.24
Ranked 10th. 4% more than United Kingdom
52.88
Ranked 12th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port 10 days
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than United Kingdom
1 days
Ranked 29th.
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2004.10.01 1999.01.??
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free Free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 71.7%
Ranked 15th.
72%
Ranked 14th. About the same as Iceland
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 224,568
Ranked 110th.
45.42 million
Ranked 9th. 202 times more than Iceland
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 712.28
Ranked 14th.
716.45
Ranked 13th. 1% more than Iceland
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 352,114
Ranked 167th.
84.94 million
Ranked 18th. 241 times more than Iceland

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,099.89
Ranked 86th.
1,343.35
Ranked 40th. 22% more than Iceland

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (Europe); Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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