Telephones -
main lines in use | 731,000 (2005) |
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Telephones -
mobile cellular | 1.872 million (2005) |
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| 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 |
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| Radio broadcast stations | AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
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Television broadcast
stations | 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
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| Internet country code | .lv |
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| Internet users | 1.03 million (2005) |
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