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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
476,078 (yearend 1998)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
475,000 (yearend 2000)
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; Internet services available throughout most of the country; about 150,000 unfilled subscriber requests
domestic:
local - the Ministry of Transport and Communications is expanding cellular telephone services to form rural networks; intercity - highly developed fiber-optic backbone (double loop) system presently serving at least 16 major cities (1998)
international:
fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; two international switches are located in Tallinn
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 3 (all AM stations inactive since July 1998), FM 82, shortwave 1 (1998)
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| Radios: |
1.01 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
31 (plus five repeaters) (September 1995)
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| Televisions: |
605,000 (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.ee
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
28 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
309,000 (2000)
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