Latvia's Communications | Latvia Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 653,900 (2003)

Telephones - mobile 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 broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations: 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code: .lv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 936,000 (2003)

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