Telephones 660,000 (1993 est.)

Telephone system service is better than in most of the other former Soviet republics
domestic: an NMT-450 analog cellular telephone network covers 75% of Latvia'spopulation
international: international traffic carried by leased connection to the Moscow internationalgateway switch, through the new Ericsson digital telephone exchange in Riga,and through the Finnish cellular net; Sprint data network carries electronicmail

Radio broadcast stations 25 (unknown type)

Radios 1.4 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 30

Televisions 1.1 million (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Latvia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Latvia Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.