Communications
Telephones:
400,000
Telephone system:
system is antiquated; improvements are being made piecemeal, with emphasis on business needs and international connections; there are still about 150,000 unfulfilled requests for subscriber service
domestic:
substantial investment has been made in cellular systems which are operational throughout Estonia
international:
international traffic is carried to the other former Soviet republics by landline or microwave radio relay and to other countries partly by leased connection to the Moscow international gateway switch and partly by a new Tallinn-Helsinki fiber-optic, submarine cable which gives Estonia access to international circuits everywhere; access to the international packet-switched digital network via Helsinki
Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave 0
Radios:
710,000 (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
3
note:
provide Estonian programs as well as Moscow Ostenkino's first and second programs
Televisions:
600,000 (1993 est.)
