Latvia Communications 2007

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; 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:
AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.lv

Internet hosts:
234,014 (2007)