Telephones - main lines in use:
644,000 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.217 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as wireless 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 is roughly 125 per 100 persons
international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 62, shortwave 1 (2008)

Television broadcast stations:
37 (plus 31 repeaters) (2008)

Internet country code:
.lv

Internet hosts:
220,082 (2008)

Internet users:
1.177 million (2007)