| Communications | Latvia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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644,000 (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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289 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.217 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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994 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless telephone service expands
domestic: number of telecommunications operators has grown rapidly since the fixed-line market opened to competition in 2003; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 125 per 100 persons
international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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278,938 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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35,992 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,231,503 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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60,311 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.lv |
Internet hosts:
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220,082 (2008) |
Internet users:
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1.177 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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528 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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