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Latvia Communications 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/latvia/latvia_communications.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Latvia Communications 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 390,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
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.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
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


NOTE: The information regarding Latvia on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Latvia Communications 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia Communications 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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