Lithuania Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
824,200 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
2,169,900 (2003 est.)
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:
country code - 370; 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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
27 (2001 est.)
note: Lithuania has approximately 27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations
Internet country code:
.lt
Internet hosts:
67,769 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
695,700 (2003 est.)
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