Country Information

Country Code: . Public telephones, which are plentiful, are operated by phonecards available from kiosks.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies and there is good coverage even on smaller islands.

The internet is key to Estonia's economic success. Free wireless zones can be found all over the country, including in hundreds of places in Tallinn and most hotels offer Wi-Fi for free. There is free internet access at Tallinn Airport. Public access is available at internet cafes, post offices and libraries in main towns and cities.

Estonia was ranked 11^th worldwide for press freedom in 2013 by Reporters Without Borders. The post-independence years of the early 1990s saw a large increase in the production of newspapers, which has now fallen off as the market becomes more stable. Privately-owned dailies include Postimees, Eesti Ekspress, Eesti Päevaleht and the business Äripäev, along with the evening tabloid Õhtuleht, and weekly Maaleht. Estoniya is published in Russian. Broadcasting also boomed, attracting several foreign players. The public broadcaster is Eesti Televisioon, while TV3 and Kanal 2 are the two main commercial TV stations, which are owned by Swedish and Norwegian companies respectively. Cable TV is popular as is radio. The public station is Eesti Raadio, which operates four networks including flagship station Vikerraadio. Raadio Elmar and Kuku Radio are privately-owned stations.

Post to western Europe takes three to six days. In Tallinn the central post office is at 1 Narva mnt.

Mon-Fri 0900-1700. Some larger post offices may stay open longer, and also open on weekends.