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's population
international: international traffic carried by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch, through the new Ericsson digital telephone exchange in Riga, and through the Finnish cellular net; Sprint data network carries electronic mail

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 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Latvia Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.