IDD service is available. Country code: 372. Public telephones, which are plentiful, are operated by phonecards, available from kiosks.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Good coverage.

Public access is available at Internet cafes and libraries in main towns and cities. There is free Internet access at Tallinn Airport.

Newspapers proliferated in the post-independence years of the early 1990s but smaller publications then struggled to survive. Broadcasting witnessed spectacular growth after 1991, attracting a number of foreign players; the two main commercial TV stations are owned by Swedish and Norwegian concerns. Public radio and TV services are run by Eesti Televisioon (ETV) and Eesti Raadio (ER). Take-up of cable TV is extensive. The service offers channels in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and Latvian.
Press: Newspapers are published in Estonian, the most popular being Eesti Ekspress, Postimees and SL Ôhtuleht. Estoniya is published in Russian. The English-language newspaper The Baltic Times is published in Latvia and available weekly.
TV: Eesti Televisioon is public; TV3 and Kanal 2 are privately-owned.
Radio: Public station Eesti Raadio operates four networks including flagship station Vikerraadio; Raadio Elmar is a private, music-based station; Kuku Radio was Estonia's first privately-owned station.

Post to Western Europe takes up to six days. Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1800, Sat 0930-1500 (central post office: Mon-Fri 0800-1900, Sat 0900-1700).