multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008) radio sets: 8.25 million (1997) broadcast media: Broadcast media: publicly owned TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international broadcasters through multi-channel cable and satellite TV; publicly owned radio broadcaster operates 3 national stations and a network of 25 regional channels; roughly 100 privately owned local radio stations with some consolidating into near national networks; an estimated 900 community and neighborhood radio stations broadcast intermittently (2008) Television broadcast stations: 252 (2008) television sets: 4.6 million (1997) Internet Top-level domain: .se Internet service providers (ISPs): 29 (2000). Internet hosts: 6.0 million hosts, 19th in the world (2012); 5.6 million hosts (2010). Internet users: 6.8 million users, 49th in the world; 94% of the population, 19th in the world (2012). Signals intelligence In 2009, the Riksdag passed new legislation regulating the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), enabling them to collect information from both wireless and cable bound signals passing the Swedish border. Since most communications in Sweden pass through its borders at one point or another, this monitoring in practice affects most traffic within Sweden as well. See also Culture of Sweden List of Swedish newspapers List of Swedish television channels List of Swedish companies List of Swedes National Defence Radio Establishment Telia Sonera Sveriges Television Government agencies in Sweden References Notes Bibliography CIA World Factbook 2010 External links Telecoms Sweden