3,741,492 (1998)

965,476 (1998)

domestic: 70% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber
systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals;
trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic and
Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat

AM 21, FM 199, shortwave 1 (1999)

3,173,856 (December 1999)

102 (of which 35 are low power
stations), plus about 500 repeaters (1988)

3,428,817 (December 1999)

35 (1999)