:Telecommunications in Greenland

File:KNR - Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, Nuuk, Greenland.jpg

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 is Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR, Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation), which provides one television and one radio service nationwide.[http://knr.gl Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR): Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001165633/http://knr.gl/ |date=1 October 2014 }}. Both broadcast in Greenlandic and Danish. Administered as an independent public corporation by the Greenlandic government, KNR has a seven-person board and management committee. They employ 100 people and are funded publicly and by advertising.[http://www.knr.gl/?id=13 "About KNR"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905152205/http://www.knr.gl/?id=13 |date=5 September 2012 }}, Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR): Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2009.

A few private local TV and radio stations are also available as Danish public radio rebroadcasts. An umbrella organization in Greenland, known as the STTK, operates local radio and TV stations throughout the country.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18249814|title=Greenland profile – Media|date=2012-05-29|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184429/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18249814|archive-date=31 January 2017}} There are also American Forces Network stations, operated by the United States Air Force.

Greenlanders owned an estimated 30,000 radios and 30,000 television sets, as of 2002.Jenny B. David, [http://www.pressreference.com/Fa-Gu/Greenland.html "Greenland Press, Media, TV, and Newspapers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109035529/http://www.pressreference.com/Fa-Gu/Greenland.html |date=9 January 2014 }}, Press Reference, 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2009.{{update after|2014|1|9}}

{{See also |Telephone numbers in Greenland}}

• Calling code: +299{{Cite web|date=2021-02-24|title=Greenland - The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/greenland/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.cia.gov|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}
• International call prefix: 00[http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf Dialing Procedures (International Prefix, National (Trunk) Prefix and National (Significant) Number) (in Accordance with ITY-T Recommendation E.164 (11/2010))] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818054651/http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf |date=18 August 2013 }}, Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 994-15.XII.2011, International Telecommunication Union (ITU, Geneva), 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
• Fixed telephone lines: 7,259 lines in use, 197th in the world (2019).
• Mobile telephone connections: 66,009, 202nd in the world (2019).

All telephone numbers have 6 digits.

There are adequate domestic and international telephone services, provided by cables and microwave radio relay. The system was totally digitized in 1995. The Greenland Connect submarine cable provides connectivity to Europe via Iceland and to North America via Newfoundland.[http://www.telepost.gl/en/om-tele-post/teleinfrastruktur/the-marine-cable "The marine cable: Greenland Connect"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109054351/http://www.telepost.gl/en/om-tele-post/teleinfrastruktur/the-marine-cable |date=9 January 2014 }}, TELE Greenland. Retrieved 8 January 2014. TELE Greenland first used satellite communication in 1978 and currently uses 15 satellite earth stations (12 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, and 2 Americom GE-2), all over the Atlantic Ocean.

As of 2019 there were 66,009 active mobile telephony subscriptions in use in Greenland. In 2007, all NMT (1G) networks were shut down. 4G launched in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2014/09/30/tele-greenland-opens-4g-network-to-smartphone-users/|title=TELE Greenland opens 4G network to smartphone users|last=TeleGeography|website=www.telegeography.com|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061906/https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2014/09/30/tele-greenland-opens-4g-network-to-smartphone-users/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

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

In Greenland, VHF radio-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 Greenland has collaborated with Swedish Telecommunications provider Ericsson in building a 5G network in Greenland.{{Cite web |last=Pengrattana |first=Kanlayakorn |date=2022-10-01 |title=Tusass and Ericsson connect Greenland with 5G |url=https://scandasia.com/tusass-and-ericsson-connect-greenland-with-5g/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Scandasia |language=en-GB}}

• Greenland has only one major Internet Service Provider (ISP): Tele Greenland (Tele Post Greenland A/S).
• Greenland has only one major data center: Owned by Tele Greenland in Nuuk.
• The country code for top-level domains is .gl
• 40,084 people or 64.48% of Greenland's population were able to use the Internet in 2019, placing Greenland 201st in the world.
• There were 13,192 fixed broadband subscriptions placing Greenland 164th in the world with a 23% penetration rate (2019).
• Greenland has been allocated 16,384 IPv4 addresses, less than 0.05% of the world's total or 284 addresses per 1000 people (2012).[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=13 May 2009 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625144812/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html |date=25 June 2014 }}, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.
• Internet and telephone services rely on the Greenland Connect submarine communications cables for external traffic.

{{Further |Internet censorship in Denmark}}

As a territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland has a democratically elected home-rule government 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.[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204279 "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.

The Danish government places no restrictions on access to the Internet and there are no credible reports that e-mail or Internet chat rooms are monitored without appropriate legal authority. Authorities continue to employ an Internet filter designed to block child pornography. In no known cases did the filter affect legitimate sites. The Danish Constitution provides for freedom of speech and press with some limitations such as cases involving child pornography, libel, blasphemy, hate speech, and racism, and the government generally respects these rights in practice.

In April 2013, the registrar for the .gl domain unilaterally voluntarily suspended resolution of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130410160045/http://thepiratebay.gl/ thepiratebay.gl], intended to be a new primary Domain Name for the famous Bittorrent search engine The Pirate Bay.{{cite web |url=http://torrentfreak.com/new-pirate-bay-greenland-domains-about-to-be-seized-130410 |title=New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains (About to be) Seized |publisher=TorrentFreak |date=10 April 2013 |access-date=13 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430212352/http://torrentfreak.com/new-pirate-bay-greenland-domains-about-to-be-seized-130410/ |archive-date=30 April 2013 }}

{{Reflist}}

• {{CIA World Factbook |year=2013}}
• {{US DOS |year=2012}}

• [http://www.tele.gl/ TELE Greenland]
• [http://www.knr.gl/en KNR], Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation.
• [http://www.gtv.gl/ Greenland Television]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060621035925/http://www.sttk.gl/gl/medltv.asp STTK]

{{Clear}}

{{Telecommunications in Greenland}}

{{Europe topic|Telecommunications in}}

{{Americas topic|Telecommunications in}}

{{Telecommunications}}

{{Internet censorship by country}}

{{Greenland topics}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Telecommunications In Greenland}}

Telecommunications in Greenland

Category:Internet in North America

Category:Internet censorship in North America