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Faroe Islands: Mobile cellular subscriptions

105.80per 100 people · 2022-13.4% since 2012

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Faroe Islands from 1960 to 2022.

19822022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2022105.804
2021111.094
2020112.6
2019106.012
2018111.283
2017112.69
2016110.024
2015108.833
2014120.194
2013119.619
2012122.106
2011121.991
2010123.411
2009117.538
2008113.118
2007107.623
2006103.174
200586.913
200486.007
200380.185
200274.182
200152.956
200037.166
199923.806
199814.524
199710.565
19967.397
19955.84
19944.441
19933.559
19923.734
19913.053
19900
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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