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Tabular Data - Communications in Latvia
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
653,900 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
1,219,600 (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized to provide an international capability independent of the Moscow international switch; more facilities are being installed for individual use
domestic: expansion underway in intercity trunk line connections, rural exchanges, and mobile systems; still many unsatisfied subscriber applications
international: country code - 371; international connections are now available via cable and a satellite earth station at Riga, enabling direct connections for most calls (1998) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Radios : |
1,760,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions : |
1.22 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.lv |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
41 (2001) |
| Internet Users : |
936,000 (2003) |
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