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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 94
532,100 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 134
2.306 million (2009)
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 exceeds 125 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) Internet country code
.lv
Internet hosts World Ranking: 61
315,889 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 81
1.504 million (2009)
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