Estonia Telecommunications Profile 2002

Telephones - main lines in use

501,691 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular

711,000 (yearend 2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; substantial fiber-optic cable systems carry telephone, TV, and radio traffic in the digital mode; internet services are available throughout most of the country - only about 11,000 subscriber requests were unfilled by September 2000
domestic: a wide range of high quality voice, data, and internet services is available throughout the country
international: fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; two international switches are located in Tallinn (2001)

Radios

1.01 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 0, FM 98, shortwave 0 (2001)

Televisions

605,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

3 (2001)

Internet country code

.ee

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

38 (2001)

Internet users

429,700 (2002)