Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 390,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 106

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 2.5 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 126 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 145

Telephone system:
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 roughly 150 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:
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 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:
AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008)

Internet country code:
.lv

Internet hosts:
359,604 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 58
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 76.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 110