Country ranking for field: telephone system domestic 1998

Other rankings:

1	The Bahamas	91183
2	Slovenia	70% digital; full digitalization scheduled by 2000
3	Johnston Atoll	60-channel submarine cable 22 DSN circuits by satellite Autodin with standard remote terminal digital telephone switch Military Affiliated Radio System
4	Afghanistan	very limited telephone and telegraph service
5	Papua New Guinea	mostly radiotelephone
6	Niger	wire radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned
7	Nigeria	microwave radio relay coaxial cable and 20 domestic satellite earth stations carry intercity traffic
8	Niue	single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
9	Norfolk Island	NA
10	North Korea	NA
11	Northern Mariana Islands	NA
12	Norway	NA domestic satellite earth stations
13	Oman	open wire microwave radiotelephone communications and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
14	Palau	NA
15	Panama	NA
16	Peru	nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
17	Paraguay	fair microwave radio relay network
18	Philippines	domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations
19	Pitcairn Islands	NA
20	Poland	cable open wire and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks
21	Portugal	generally adequate integrated network of coaxial cables open wire microwave radio relay and domestic satellite earth stations
22	Puerto Rico	0
23	Qatar	NA
24	Romania	poor service; 89% of telephone network is automatic; trunk network is microwave radio relay; roughly 3300 villages with no service
25	Russia	NMT-450 analog cellular telephone networks are operational and growing in Moscow and St	. Petersburg; intercity fiber-optic cable installation remains limited
26	Rwanda	the capital Kigali is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone
27	Saint Helena	automatic network; HF radiotelephone from Saint Helena to Ascension then into worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks
28	Nicaragua	wire and microwave radio relay
29	New Zealand	NA
30	Saint Lucia	system is automatically switched
31	Mauritius	primarily microwave radio relay
32	Luxembourg	nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable
33	Macau	NA
34	Madagascar	open-wire lines coaxial cables microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter links
35	Malawi	fair system of open-wire lines microwave radio relay links and radiotelephone communications stations
36	Malaysia	good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations
37	Maldives	inter-atoll communication primarily through HF transceivers and VHF/UHF telephones
38	Mali	network consists of microwave radio relay open wire and radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
39	Malta	submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands
40	Marshall Islands	Majuro Atoll and Ebeye and Kwajalein islands have regular seven-digit direct-dial telephones; other islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone
41	Martinique	NA
42	Mauritania	mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
43	Mayotte	NA
44	New Caledonia	NA
45	Mexico	adequate telephone service for business and government but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network
46	Moldova	NA
47	Monaco	NA
48	Mongolia	NA
49	Montserrat	NA
50	Morocco	good system composed of open-wire lines cables and microwave radio relay links; principal centers are Casablanca and Rabat; secondary centers are Fes Marrakech Oujda Tangier and Tetouan
51	Mozambique	microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter
52	Myanmar	NA
53	Namibia	good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are by open wire
54	Nauru	NA
55	Nepal	NA
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	interisland links are handled by VHF/UHF/SHF radiotelephone
57	Samoa	NA
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	islandwide fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the Grenadines
59	United Kingdom	equal mix of buried cables microwave radio relay and fiber-optic systems
60	Tokelau	radiotelephone service between islands
61	Tonga	NA
62	Trinidad and Tobago	NA
63	Tunisia	trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
64	Turkey	cable; AMPS standard cellular system in Ashkhabad with plans for expansion
65	Turkmenistan	NA
66	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA
67	Tuvalu	radiotelephone communications between islands
68	Uganda	microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communications stations cellular system
69	Ukraine	an NMT-450 analog cellular telephone network operates in Kiev
70	United Arab Emirates	microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
71	United States	a large system of fiber-optic cable microwave radio relay coaxial cable and domestic satellites carries conventional telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout country
72	The Netherlands	nationwide cellular telephone system; microwave radio relay
73	Uruguay	most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave radio relay network
74	Uzbekistan	NMT-450 analog cellular network established in Tashkent
75	Vanuatu	NA
76	Venezuela	domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
77	Vietnam	NA
78	Wake Island	NA
79	Wallis and Futuna	NA
80	West Bank	NA
81	Western Sahara	NA
82	Yemen	the network consists of microwave radio relay cable and tropospheric scatter
83	Zambia	high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities
84	Togo	microwave radio relay and open-wire lines for conventional system; cellular system has capacity of 10000 telephones
85	The Gambia	adequate network of microwave radio relay and open wire
86	Liechtenstein	NA
87	South Korea	NA
88	San Marino	automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system
89	Saudi Arabia	extensive microwave radio relay and coaxial and fiber-optic cable systems
90	Senegal	above-average urban system; microwave radio relay coaxial cable and fiber optic cable in trunk system
91	Serbia and Montenegro	NA
92	Seychelles	radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago
93	Sierra Leone	national microwave radio relay system made unserviceable by military activities
94	Singapore	NA
95	Slovakia	NA
96	Solomon Islands	NA
97	Somalia	recently local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
98	South Africa	consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines coaxial cables microwave radio relay links fiber-optic cable and radiotelephone communication stations; key centers are Bloemfontein Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Port Elizabeth and Pretoria
99	Spain	NA
100	Thailand	microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic satellite system being developed
101	Sri Lanka	NA
102	Sudan	consists of microwave radio relay cable radiotelephone communications tropospheric scatter and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
103	Suriname	microwave radio relay network
104	Svalbard	local telephone service
105	Swaziland	system consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines and low-capacity microwave radio relay
106	Sweden	coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels
107	Switzerland	extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
108	Syria	coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
109	Taiwan	extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and west coasts
110	Tajikistan	cable and microwave radio relay
111	Tanzania	open wire microwave radio relay tropospheric scatter
112	Lithuania	an NMT-450 analog cellular telephone network operates in Vilnius and other cities; landlines and microwave radio relay connect switching centers
113	Libya	microwave radio relay coaxial cable tropospheric scatter and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
114	Albania	obsolete wire system; no longer provides a telephone for every village; in 1992 following the fall of the communist government peasants cut the wire to about 1000 villages and used it to build fences
115	Cocos Islands	NA
116	Burundi	sparse system of open wire radiotelephone communications and low-capacity microwave radio relay
117	Cabo Verde	interisland microwave radio relay system with both analog and digital exchanges; work is in progress on a submarine fiber-optic cable system scheduled for completion in 1998
118	Cambodia	NA
119	Cameroon	cable microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter
120	Canada	domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations
121	Cayman Islands	NA
122	Central African Republic	network consists principally of microwave radio relay and low-capacity low-powered radiotelephone communication
123	Chad	fair system of radiotelephone communication stations
124	Chile	extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
125	China	interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place
126	Christmas Island	NA
127	Colombia	nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations
128	Bulgaria	extensive but antiquated transmission system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; telephone service is available in most villages
129	Comoros	HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay
130	Congo	primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
131	Cook Islands	the individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations microwave systems and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open wire cable and fiber-optic cable
132	Costa Rica	NA
133	Croatia	NA
134	Cuba	NA
135	Cyprus	open wire fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
136	Czech Republic	NA
137	Côte d'Ivoire	open-wire lines and microwave radio relay
138	Democratic Republic of the Congo	barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
139	Denmark	buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network four cellular radio communications systems
140	Burkina Faso	microwave radio relay open wire and radiotelephone communication stations
141	Brunei	NA
142	Dominica	fully automatic network
143	Azerbaijan	telephone service is of poor quality and inadequate; a joint venture to establish a cellular telephone system in the Baku area is operational
144	Algeria	good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
145	American Samoa	good telex telegraph facsimile and cellular phone services; domestic satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station
146	Andorra	modern system with microwave radio relay connections between exchanges
147	Angola	limited system of wire microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter
148	Antarctica	NA
149	Antigua and Barbuda	good automatic telephone system
150	Argentina	microwave radio relay and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network
151	Armenia	NA
152	Aruba	more than adequate
153	Australia	domestic satellite system
154	Austria	highly developed and efficient
155	Bahrain	NA
156	British Virgin Islands	NA
157	Bangladesh	poor domestic telephone service
158	Belarus	the new NMT-450 analog cellular system is now operating in Minsk
159	Belgium	nationwide cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
160	Belize	trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay
161	Benin	fair system of open wire and microwave radio relay
162	Bermuda	modern fully automatic telephone system
163	Bhutan	domestic telephone service is very poor with very few telephones in use
164	Bolivia	microwave radio relay system being expanded
165	Botswana	small system of open-wire lines microwave radio relay links and a few radiotelephone communication stations
166	Brazil	extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations
167	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
168	Djibouti	microwave radio relay network
169	Dominican Republic	relatively efficient system based on islandwide microwave radio relay network
170	Liberia	NA
171	Italy	high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks
172	Honduras	NA
173	Hong Kong	microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network
174	Hungary	microwave radio relay
175	Iceland	the trunk network consists of coaxial and fiber-optic cables and microwave radio relay links
176	India	local service is provided mostly by open wire and obsolete electromechanical and manual switchboard systems; within the last 10 years a substantial amount of digital switch gear has been introduced for local service; long-distance traffic is carried mostly by open wire coaxial cable and low-capacity microwave radio relay; since 1985 however significant trunk capacity has been added in the form of fiber-optic cable and a domestic satellite system with over 100 earth stations
177	Indonesia	interisland microwave system and HF radio police net; domestic satellite communications system
178	Iran	microwave radio relay extends throughout country; system centered in Tehran
179	Iraq	the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links
180	Ireland	microwave radio relay
181	Isle of Man	NA
182	Israel	good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
183	Jamaica	NA
184	Haiti	NA
185	Japan	NA
186	Jersey	NA
187	Jordan	microwave radio relay cable and radiotelephone links
188	Kazakhstan	landline and microwave radio relay
189	Kenya	primarily microwave radio relay
190	Kiribati	NA
191	Kuwait	new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay coaxial cable open wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
192	Kyrgyzstan	principally microwave radio relay
193	Latvia	an NMT-450 analog cellular telephone network covers 75% of Latvia's population
194	Lebanon	primarily microwave radio relay and cable
195	Lesotho	consists of a few landlines a small microwave radio relay system and a minor radiotelephone communication system
196	Holy See	tied into Italian system
197	Guyana	microwave radio relay network for trunk lines
198	Ecuador	facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
199	France	extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
200	Egypt	principal centers at Alexandria Cairo Al Mansurah Ismailia Suez and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay
201	El Salvador	nationwide microwave radio relay system
202	Equatorial Guinea	NA
203	Eritrea	very inadequate; about 4 telephones per 100 families most of which are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system
204	Estonia	substantial investment has been made in cellular systems which are operational throughout Estonia
205	Ethiopia	open wire and microwave radio relay
206	Falkland Islands	government-operated radiotelephone and private VHF/CB radiotelephone networks provide effective service to almost all points on both islands
207	Faroe Islands	digitalization to be completed in 1998
208	Federated States of Micronesia	islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone
209	Fiji	NA
210	Finland	cable and microwave radio relay
211	French Polynesia	NA
212	Guinea	microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication
213	Gabon	adequate system of cable microwave radio relay tropospheric scatter radiotelephone communication stations and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
214	Gaza Strip	NA
215	Georgia	NA
216	Germany	the region which was formerly West Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable coaxial cable microwave radio relay and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available and includes roaming service to many foreign countries; since the reunification of Germany the telephone system of the eastern region has been upgraded and enjoys many of the advantages of the national system
217	Ghana	primarily microwave radio relay
218	Gibraltar	automatic exchange facilities
219	Greece	microwave radio relay open wire and submarine cable
220	Guadeloupe	NA
221	Guam	NA
222	Guernsey	NA
223	Guinea-Bissau	combination of microwave radio relay open-wire lines radiotelephone and cellular communications
224	Zimbabwe	consists of microwave radio relay links open-wire lines and radiotelephone communication stations

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