Communications (Estonia)
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     Railroads:
       1,030 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines
       (1990)
     Highways:
       30,300 km total (1990); 29,200 km hard surfaced; 1,100 km earth
     Inland waterways:
       500 km perennially navigable
     Pipelines:
       natural gas 420 km (1992)
     Ports:   coastal - Tallinn, Novotallin, Parnu; inland - Narva
     Merchant marine:
       68 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 394,501 GRT/526,502 DWT; includes 52
       cargo, 6 roll-on/roll-off, 2 short-sea passenger, 6 bulk, 2 container
     Airports:
      total:
       29
      useable:
       18
      with permanent-surface runways:
       11
      with runways over 3,659 m:
       0
      with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
       10
      with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
       8
     Telecommunications:
       300,000 telephone subscribers in 1990 with international direct dial service
       available to Finland, Germany, Austria, UK and France; 21 telephone lines
       per 100 persons as of 1991; broadcast stations - 3 TV (provide Estonian
       programs as well as Moscow Ostenkino's first and second programs);
       international traffic is carried to the other former USSR republics by
       landline or microwave and to other countries by leased connection to the
       Moscow international gateway switch via 19 incoming/20 outgoing
       international channels, by the Finnish cellular net, and by an old copper
       submarine cable to Finland soon to be replaced by an undersea fiber optic
       cable system; there is also a new international telephone exchange in
       Tallinn handling 60 channels via Helsinki; 2 analog mobile cellular networks
       with international roaming capability to Scandinavia are operating in major
       cities