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Communications
Telephones: 405,100 (1995 est.)
Telephone system: average system
limited by poor maintenance; major expansion in progress
domestic: intercity traffic is carried by coaxial cable, microwave
radio relay, cellular network, and a domestic communications satellite
system with 20 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations—3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); 1 coaxial submarine cable
Radio broadcast stations: AM 82, FM 32, shortwave 10 (1998 est.)
Radios: 17.2 million (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (government-controlled)
Televisions: 6.1 million (1998 est.)