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Communications
Telephones: 17,000 (1991 est.)
Telephone system: poor system
of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links,
and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being
made)
domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed
domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott
with regional capitals
international: satellite earth stations—1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) and 2 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998 est.)
Radios: 1 million (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 50,000 (1995 est.)