| People | Latvia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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657,400 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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293 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.184 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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973 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 telephony 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 |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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280,678 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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40,097 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,245,423 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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51,033 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.lv |
Internet hosts:
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234,014 (2007) |
Internet users:
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1.071 million (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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477 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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