Jump to content

Telecommunications in Greenland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected fromInternet in Greenland)

Telecommunications in Greenlandinclude radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Greenlandhas, by law, only one service provider fortelecommunicationsand theInternet,TELE Greenland,which is fully owned by theGreenlandic Home Rule government.[1]TELE Greenland provides switched telephone and data, land mobile communications, and VHF and MF shore-to-ship communication.[2]This type of monopoly is not uncommon in Greenland.

Radio and television

[edit]
KNR Headquarters in Nuuk

Television in Greenland began in the 1960s.

Privately owned transmitters were created to receive TV from Canada, Iceland, and mainland Denmark. This can date as far back when television was introduced to Greenland in the 1960s. It was possible to receive TV from Canada with a normal household TV antenna, but color transmissions were NTSC and signals were in very bad quality and however in some circumstances, television transmissions were not available at all due to factors such as weather conditions or time of day, even for the people who owned private transmitters. Greenland did not have any local TV service until 1982.

The state broadcaster isKalaallit Nunaata Radioa(KNR, Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), which provides one television and one radio service nationwide.[3]Both broadcast in Greenlandic and Danish. Administered as an independent public corporation by theGreenlandic government,KNR has a seven-person board and management committee. They employ 100 people and are funded publicly and by advertising.[4]

A few private local TV and radio stations are also available as Danish public radio rebroadcasts.[5]An umbrella organization in Greenland, known as the STTK, operates local radio and TV stations throughout the country.[6]There are alsoAmerican Forces Networkstations, operated by theUnited States Air Force.

Greenlanders owned an estimated 30,000 radios and 30,000 television sets, as of 2002.[7][needs update]

Telephones

[edit]
See also:Telephone numbers in Greenland

All telephone numbers have 6 digits.

There are adequate domestic and international telephone services, provided by cables andmicrowave radio relay.The system was totally digitized in 1995. TheGreenland Connectsubmarine cable provides connectivity toEuropeviaIcelandand toNorth AmericaviaNewfoundland.[9]TELE Greenland first used satellite communication in 1978 and currently uses 15satelliteearth stations (12Intelsat,1Eutelsat,and 2 Americom GE-2), all over theAtlantic Ocean.[5]

Mobile

[edit]

As of 2019 there were 66,009 active mobile telephony subscriptions in use in Greenland. In 2007, allNMT(1G) networks were shut down. 4G launched in 2014.[10]

Mobile coverage extends to nearly all inhabited areas in Greenland except some remote areas.

In Greenland,VHFradio-telephone is also used. Users make calls over a radio instead of a phone. Outside of Greenland, VHF phones are mainly used on ships, but in Greenland they can also be used as regular phones. In 2001, 42% of Greenlanders owned a portable VHF phone.

On September 30, 2022,Tele Greenlandhas collaborated with Swedish Telecommunications providerEricssonin building a5Gnetwork in Greenland.[11]

Internet

[edit]

Internet censorship and surveillance

[edit]
Further information:Internet censorship in Denmark

As a territory of theKingdom of Denmark,Greenland has a democratically electedhome-rulegovernment whose powers may encompass all matters except foreign and national security affairs, police services, and monetary matters. Greenlanders have the same rights throughout the kingdom as other citizens.[14]

The Danish government places no restrictions on access to the Internet and there are no credible reports thate-mailor Internetchat roomsare monitored without appropriate legal authority. Authorities continue to employ an Internet filter designed to blockchild pornography.In no known cases did the filter affect legitimate sites. TheDanish Constitutionprovides forfreedom of speechandpresswith some limitations such as cases involving child pornography,libel,blasphemy,hate speech,andracism,and the government generally respects these rights in practice.[14]

In April 2013, the registrar for the.gl domain unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution ofthepiratebay.gl,intended to be a new primaryDomain Namefor the famousBittorrentsearch engineThe Pirate Bay.[15]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^"TELE -".tele.gl.Archivedfrom the original on 15 January 2016.Retrieved25 April2018.
  2. ^"TELE Greenland A/S"Archived12 October 2012 at theWayback Machine,Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 17 December 1997. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  3. ^Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR): Greenlandic Broadcasting CorporationArchived1 October 2014 at theWayback Machine.
  4. ^"About KNR"Archived5 September 2012 at theWayback Machine,Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR): Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  5. ^abcdefgh"Greenland - The World Factbook".cia.gov.Central Intelligence Agency.24 February 2021.Retrieved27 February2021.
  6. ^"Greenland profile – Media".BBC News.29 May 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 31 January 2017.Retrieved18 January2017.
  7. ^Jenny B. David,"Greenland Press, Media, TV, and Newspapers"Archived9 January 2014 at theWayback Machine,Press Reference,2002. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  8. ^Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))Archived18 August 2013 at theWayback Machine,Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  9. ^"The marine cable: Greenland Connect"Archived9 January 2014 at theWayback Machine,TELE Greenland. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. ^TeleGeography."TELE Greenland opens 4G network to smartphone users".telegeography.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved25 April2018.
  11. ^Pengrattana, Kanlayakorn (1 October 2022)."Tusass and Ericsson connect Greenland with 5G".Scandasia.Retrieved9 December2022.
  12. ^Select FormatsArchived13 May 2009 at theWayback Machine,Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
  13. ^PopulationArchived25 June 2014 at theWayback Machine,The World Factbook,United StatesCentral Intelligence Agency.Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.
  14. ^ab"Denmark",Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012,Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  15. ^"New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains (About to be) Seized".TorrentFreak. 10 April 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 30 April 2013.Retrieved13 May2013.
[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telecommunications_in_Greenland&oldid=1232489009"