Communications of Latvia
Telephones - main lines in use: | 657,400 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 1.872 million (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector, beginning in 2003; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless telephony expands domestic: 3 wireless service providers including Lattelekom, the incumbent monopoly international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radios: | 1.76 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
Televisions: | 1.22 million (1997) |
Internet country code: | .lv |
Internet hosts: | 65,858 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 41 (2001) |
Internet users: | 1.03 million (2005) |