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Communications of Lithuania

Telephones - main lines in use:792,400 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:4.353 million (2005)
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)
Radios:1.9 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:27 (may have as many as 100 transmitters, including repeater stations) (2001)
Televisions:1.7 million (1997)
Internet country code:.lt
Internet hosts:148,675 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):32 (2001)
Internet users:1.222 million (2005)

Lithuania Quickstats

  • Population: 3,575,439 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 65,200 sq km
  • Density: 55 /km² (113th)
  • GDP (total): $54.03 billion (75th)
  • GDP (per capita): $17, 104 (49th)
  • Literacy: 99.6%

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  • Currency: Lithuanian litas (Lt) (LTL)
  • Dial code: +370

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