Telephones - main lines in use 1.142 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular 500,000 (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized to provide an improved international capability and better residential access
domestic: a national, fiber-optic cable, interurban, trunk system is nearing completion; rural exchanges are being improved and expanded; mobile cellular systems are being installed; access to the Internet is available; still many unsatisfied telephone subscriber applications
international: landline connections to Latvia and Poland; major international connections to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by submarine cable for further transmission by satellite

Radio broadcast stations AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios 1.9 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 27
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations (2001)

Televisions 1.7 million (1997)

Internet country code .lt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 32 (2001)

Internet users 341,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Lithuania on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lithuania Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lithuania Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.