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Estonia:
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Other pages in this profile of Estonia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
541,900 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
1.659 million (2006) |
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 widely available; schools and libraries are connected to the internet, a large percentage of the population files income-tax returns online, and online voting was used for the first time in the 2005 local elections domestic: a wide range of high quality voice, data, and Internet services is available throughout the country international: country code - 372; fiber-optic cables to Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Russia provide worldwide packet-switched service; 2 international switches are located in Tallinn (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 0, FM 98, shortwave 0 (2001) |
Television broadcast stations |
3 (2001) |
Internet country code |
.ee |
Internet hosts |
387,336 (2007) |
Internet users |
760,000 (2006) |
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Airports |
19 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 12 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 7 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 3 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 859 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 968 km broad gauge: 968 km 1.520 m/1.524-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 56,856 km paved: 13,384 km (includes 99 km of expressways) unpaved: 43,472 km (2004) |
Waterways |
320 km (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 33 ships (1000 GRT or over) 393,655 GRT/93,245 DWT by type: cargo 7, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 23, petroleum tanker 2 foreign-owned: 4 (Denmark 2, Norway 2) registered in other countries: 67 (Antigua and Barbuda 15, Belize 1, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 5, Dominica 8, Latvia 1, Liberia 1, Malta 7, Norway 1, Panama 3, Slovakia 2, St Kitts and Nevis 1, St Vincent and The Grenadines 20, Vanuatu 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Kopli, Kuivastu, Muuga, Tallinn, Virtsu |
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