| Telephones - main lines in use: |
731,000 (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
1.872 million (2005) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector, beginning in 2003; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless telephony expands
domestic: 3 wireless service providers including Lattelekom, the incumbent monopoly
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) |
| Radios: |
1.76 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions: |
1.22 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.lv |
| Internet hosts: |
65,858 (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
41 (2001) |
| Internet users: |
1.03 million (2005) |