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> Latvia > Communications (Facts)
| Latvia - Communications (Facts) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
657,400 (2006) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
2.184 million (2006) |
| 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) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
| Internet country code: |
.lv |
| Internet hosts: |
65,858 (2006) |
| Internet users: |
1.071 million (2006) |
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