Communications in Lithuania
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Telephones - main lines in use: 819,147 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,300,000 (penetration of 70%) (2004)
Telephone system:
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 are 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 Service Providers (ISPs): 32 (2001)
Internet users: 700,000 (2004)
Country code (Top-level domain): LT
- See also : Lithuania