| Communications | Latvia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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532,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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242 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.306 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,046 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 mobile-cellular 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 exceeds 125 per 100 persons
international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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several national and regional commercial TV stations are foreign-owned, 2 national TV stations are publicly-owned; system supplemented by privately-owned regional and local TV stations; cable and satellite multi-channel TV services with domestic and foreign broadcasts are available; publicly-owned broadcaster operates 4 radio networks with dozens of stations throughout the country; dozens of private broadcasters also operate radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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275,589 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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35,560 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,204,708 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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59,587 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.lv |
Internet hosts:
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289,478 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.504 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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683 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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