Communications in Latvia
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[edit] Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use: around 700,000 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: over 2,000,000 (2006)
Telephone system: fixed line quality and coverage inadequate outside major cities; however, around 96.53% of the country is covered by at least one mobile operator.
Domestic: expansion underway in intercity trunk line connections, rural exchanges, and mobile systems; still many unsatisfied subscriber applications
International: international connections are available fixed, mobile, cable (VoIP) and a satellite earth station all over Latvia
The ongoing situation in the telecommunications market (2003) is that there is a monopoly on fixed and competition in the mobile lines business. This has led to overwhelming use of cellular phones for private customers, fixed lines being requested mostly by companies.
Since the fixed-line voice communication monopoly ended on January 1, 2003, there have been several companies to purchase a license for voice communication services: Aeronavigācijas serviss, Baltkom TV, Beta Telecom, Latvenergo Tehniskais Centrs, Telecentrs, Telenets, Telekom Baltija and CSC Telecom. Those of them who do offer voice telephony mostly provide services for cheaper foreign calls, as all local calls still go through the infrastructure of the previous monopoly holder Lattelekom and are subject to the additional costs.
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Radio
Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 1.76 million (1997)
[edit] Television
Television broadcast stations: 44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions: 1.22 million (1997)
The state public television broadcaster is Latvijas Televīzija.
[edit] Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 150+ (2006)
Internet users: 312,000 (2002)
Country code (Top-level domain): .lv
- See also : Latvia
[edit] External links
- Public Utilities Commission
- Latvian State Department of Communications
- Telecommunications and IT blog with all the latest hype on telecoms in Latvia
Major telecommunications operators in Latvia:
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