Currency:
Latvian lat (LVL)
Currency code:
LVL
Exchange rates:
lati per US dollar - 0.5715 (2003), 0.6182 (2002), 0.6279 (2001),
0.6065 (2000), 0.5852 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Latvia
Telephones - main lines in use:
653,900 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,219,600 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized to provide
an international capability independent of the Moscow international
switch; more facilities are being installed for individual use
domestic: expansion underway in intercity trunk line connections,
rural exchanges, and mobile systems; still many unsatisfied
subscriber applications
international: country code - 371; international connections are now
available via cable and a satellite earth station at Riga, enabling
direct connections for most calls (1998)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
1.76 million (1997)