Country ranking for field: telephone system general assessment 2001

Other rankings:

	World	NA
1	Johnston Atoll	13
2	Afghanistan	very limited telephone and telegraph service
3	Paraguay	meager telephone service; principal switching center is Asuncion
4	Nigeria	an inadequate system further limited by poor maintenance; major expansion is required and a start has been made
5	Niue	primitive system
6	Norfolk Island	adequate
7	North Korea	NA
8	Northern Mariana Islands	NA
9	Norway	modern in all respects; one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe
10	Oman	modern system consisting of open wire microwave and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable
11	Pakistan	the domestic system is mediocre but improving; service is adequate for government and business use in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988 the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population
12	Palau	NA
13	Panama	domestic and international facilities well developed
14	Papua New Guinea	services are adequate and being improved; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph coastal radio aeronautical radio and international radio communication services
15	Philippines	good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate
16	Peru	adequate for most requirements
17	Nicaragua	inadequate system being upgraded by foreign investment
18	Pitcairn Islands	only party line telephone service is available for this small closely related community
19	Poland	0
20	Portugal	undergoing rapid development in recent years Portugal's telephone system by the end of 1998 achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband high-speed capabilities and a main line telephone density of 53%
21	Puerto Rico	modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
22	Qatar	modern system centered in Doha
23	Romania	poor domestic service but improving
24	Russia	the telephone system has undergone significant changes in the 1990s; there are more than 1000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved particularly in urban centers; Internet and e-mail services are improving; Russia has made progress toward building the telecommunications infrastructure necessary for a market economy; however a large demand for main line service remains unsatisfied
25	Rwanda	telephone system primarily serves business and government
26	Réunion	adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis
27	Saint Helena	can communicate with any place in the world
28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	good interisland and international connections
29	Niger	small system of wire radio telephone communications and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
30	New Zealand	excellent domestic and international systems
31	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	adequate system
32	Mauritania	limited system of cable and open-wire lines minor microwave radio relay links and radiotelephone communications stations
33	Luxembourg	highly developed completely automated and efficient system mainly buried cables
34	Macau	fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services
35	Macedonia	NA
36	Madagascar	system is above average for the region
37	Malawi	NA
38	Malaysia	modern system; international service excellent
39	Maldives	minimal domestic and international facilities
40	Mali	domestic system poor but improving; provides only minimal service
41	Malta	automatic system satisfies normal requirements
42	Marshall Islands	telex services
43	Martinique	domestic facilities are adequate
44	Mauritius	small system with good service
45	New Caledonia	NA
46	Mayotte	small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications
47	Mexico	low telephone density with about 11 main lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; the opening to competition in January 1997 has brightened prospects for development
48	Moldova	inadequate outmoded poor service outside Chisinau some effort to modernize is under way
49	Monaco	modern automatic telephone system
50	Mongolia	very low density: about 3	.5 telephones for each thousand persons
51	Morocco	modern system with all important capabilities; however density is low with only 4	.6 main lines available for each 100 persons
52	Mozambique	fair system but not available generally
53	Myanmar	meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government; international service is good
54	Namibia	good system; about 6 telephones for each 100 persons
55	Nauru	adequate local and international radiotelephone communications provided via Australian facilities
56	Nepal	poor telephone and telegraph service; fair radiotelephone communication service and mobile cellular telephone network
57	Netherlands Antilles	generally adequate facilities
58	Saint Lucia	adequate system
59	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	adequate
60	Liechtenstein	automatic telephone system
61	United Arab Emirates	modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
62	Togo	fair system based on a network of microwave radio relay routes supplemented by open-wire lines and a mobile cellular system
63	Tokelau	adequate
64	Tonga	NA
65	Trinidad and Tobago	excellent international service; good local service
66	Tunisia	above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax Sousse Bizerte and Tunis; Internet access available
67	Turkey	undergoing rapid modernization and expansion especially cellular telephones
68	Turkmenistan	poorly developed
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	fair cable and radiotelephone services
70	Tuvalu	serves particular needs for internal communications
71	U.S. Virgin Islands	NA
72	Uganda	seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have been introduced but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
73	Ukraine	Ukraine's telecommunication development plan running through 2005 emphasizes improving domestic trunk lines international connections and the mobile cellular system
74	United Kingdom	technologically advanced domestic and international system
75	The Gambia	adequate; a packet switched data network is available
76	United States	a very large technologically advanced multipurpose communications system
77	Uruguay	some modern facilities
78	Uzbekistan	antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization
79	Vanuatu	NA
80	Venezuela	modern and expanding
81	Vietnam	Vietnam is putting considerable effort into modernization and expansion of its telecommunication system but its performance continues to lag behind that of its more modern neighbors
82	Wake Island	satellite communications; 1 DSN circuit off the Overseas Telephone System
83	Wallis and Futuna	NA
84	West Bank	NA
85	Western Sahara	sparse and limited system
86	Yemen	since unification in 1990 efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
87	Zambia	facilities are among the best in Sub-Saharan Africa
88	The Netherlands	highly developed and well maintained
89	The Bahamas	modern facilities
90	Samoa	adequate
91	South Korea	excellent domestic and international services
92	San Marino	adequate connections
93	Saudi Arabia	modern system
94	Senegal	good system
95	Seychelles	effective system
96	Sierra Leone	marginal telephone and telegraph service
97	Singapore	major consideration given to serving business interests; excellent international service
98	Slovakia	a modernization and privatization program is increasing accessibility to telephone service reducing the waiting time for new subscribers and generally improving service quality
99	Slovenia	NA
100	Solomon Islands	NA
101	Somalia	the public telecommunications system was completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; all relief organizations depend on their own private systems
102	South Africa	the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
103	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	NA
104	Spain	generally adequate modern facilities; teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons
105	Thailand	service to general public adequate but investment in technological upgrades reduced by recession; bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and microwave radio relay network
106	Sri Lanka	very inadequate domestic service particularly in rural areas; some hope for improvement with privatization of national telephone company and encouragement to private investment; good international service
107	Sudan	large well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially
108	Suriname	international facilities are good
109	Svalbard	probably adequate
110	Swaziland	not a modern system
111	Sweden	excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
112	Switzerland	excellent domestic and international services
113	Syria	fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades including fiber-optic technology
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	adequate facilities
115	Taiwan	provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
116	Tajikistan	poorly developed and not well maintained; many towns are not reached by the national network
117	Tanzania	fair system operating below capacity and being modernized for better service; VSAT
118	Lithuania	inadequate but is being modernized to provide an improved international capability and better residential access
119	Liberia	telephone and telegraph service via microwave radio relay network; main center is Monrovia
120	Libya	telecommunications system is being modernized; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
121	Christmas Island	NA
122	Burkina Faso	all services only fair
123	Burundi	primitive system
124	Cabo Verde	effective system being improved
125	Cambodia	adequate landline and/or cellular service in Phnom Penh and other provincial cities; rural areas have little telephone service
126	Cameroon	available only to business and government
127	Canada	excellent service provided by modern technology
128	Cayman Islands	NA
129	Central African Republic	fair system
130	Chad	primitive system
131	Chile	modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities
132	China	domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities industrial centers and many towns
133	Cocos Islands	NA
134	Brunei	service throughout country is excellent; international service good to Europe US and East Asia
135	Colombia	modern system in many respects
136	Comoros	sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations
137	Congo	services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville Pointe-Noire and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out-of-order
138	Cook Islands	NA
139	Costa Rica	very good domestic telephone service
140	Croatia	NA
141	Cuba	NA
142	Cyprus	excellent in both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot areas
143	Czech Republic	privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly vigorous
144	Côte d'Ivoire	well developed by African standards but operating well below capacity
145	Democratic Republic of the Congo	NA
146	Denmark	excellent telephone and telegraph services
147	Bulgaria	extensive but antiquated
148	British Virgin Islands	worldwide telephone service
149	Dominica	NA
150	Azerbaijan	inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 8	.6 main lines per 100 persons is very low
151	Algeria	telephone density in Algeria is very low not exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main lines has been increased in the last few years to a little more than 2000000 but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient
152	American Samoa	NA
153	Andorra	NA
154	Angola	telephone service limited mostly to government and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military links
155	Anguilla	NA
156	Antarctica	NA
157	Antigua and Barbuda	NA
158	Argentina	by opening the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment with the 'Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998' Argentina encouraged the growth of modern telecommunication technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed between all major cities; the major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service is being improved; however telephone density is presently minimal and making telephone service universally available will take some time
159	Armenia	system inadequate; now 90% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion
160	Aruba	NA
161	Australia	excellent domestic and international service
162	Austria	highly developed and efficient
163	Bahrain	modern system
164	British Indian Ocean Territory	separate facilities for military and public needs are available
165	Bangladesh	totally inadequate for a modern country
166	Barbados	NA
167	Belarus	the Ministry of Telecommunications controls all telecommunications through its carrier
168	Belgium	highly developed technologically advanced and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
169	Belize	above-average system
170	Benin	NA
171	Bermuda	NA
172	Bhutan	NA
173	Bolivia	new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina	telephone and telegraph network is in need of modernization and expansion; many urban areas are below average when compared with services in other former Yugoslav republics
175	Botswana	sparse system
176	Brazil	good working system
177	Djibouti	telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country
178	Dominican Republic	NA
179	Albania	Albania has the poorest telephone service in Europe with fewer than two telephones per 100 inhabitants; it is doubtful that every village has telephone service
180	Israel	most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
181	Haiti	domestic facilities barely adequate; international facilities slightly better
182	Holy See	automatic exchange
183	Honduras	inadequate system
184	Hong Kong	modern facilities provide excellent domestic and international services
185	Hungary	the telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
186	Iceland	adequate domestic service
187	India	0
188	Indonesia	domestic service fair international service good
189	Iran	inadequate but currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages not presently connected
190	Iraq	reconstitution of damaged telecommunication facilities began after the Gulf war; most damaged facilities have been rebuilt
191	Ireland	modern digital system using cable and microwave radio relay
192	Isle of Man	NA
193	Italy	modern well developed fast; fully automated telephone telex and data services
194	Guinea	poor to fair system of open-wire lines small radiotelephone communication stations and new microwave radio relay system
195	Jamaica	fully automatic domestic telephone network
196	Japan	excellent domestic and international service
197	Jordan	service has improved recently with the increased use of digital switching equipment but better access to the telephone system is needed in the rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban public
198	Kazakhstan	service is poor; equipment antiquated
199	Kenya	unreliable; little attempt to modernize except for service to business
200	Kiribati	NA
201	Kuwait	the quality of service is excellent
202	Kyrgyzstan	poorly developed; about 100000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
203	Laos	service to general public is poor but improving with over 20000 telephones currently in service and an additional 48000 expected by 2001; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
204	Latvia	inadequate but is being modernized to provide an international capability independent of the Moscow international switch; more facilities are being installed for individual use
205	Lebanon	telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway
206	Lesotho	rudimentary system
207	Guyana	fair system for long-distance calling
208	Guinea-Bissau	small system
209	Ecuador	NA
210	French Guiana	NA
211	Egypt	large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular service are available
212	El Salvador	NA
213	Equatorial Guinea	poor system with adequate government services
214	Eritrea	NA
215	Estonia	foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures greatly improved telephone service; Internet services available throughout most of the country; about 150000 unfilled subscriber requests
216	Ethiopia	open wire and microwave radio relay system adequate for government use
217	Falkland Islands	NA
218	Faroe Islands	good international communications; good domestic facilities
219	Federated States of Micronesia	adequate system
220	Fiji	modern local interisland and international
221	Finland	modern system with excellent service
222	France	highly developed
223	French Polynesia	NA
224	Guernsey	NA
225	Gabon	NA
226	Gaza Strip	NA
227	Georgia	NA
228	Germany	Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part
229	Ghana	poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is underway
230	Gibraltar	adequate automatic domestic system and adequate international facilities
231	Greece	adequate modern networks reach all areas; good mobile telephone and international service
232	Greenland	adequate domestic and international service provided by satellite cables and microwave radio relay; totally digitalized in 1995
233	Grenada	automatic islandwide telephone system
234	Guadeloupe	domestic facilities inadequate
235	Guam	modern system integrated with US facilities for direct dialing including free use of 800 numbers
236	Guatemala	fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala
237	Zimbabwe	system was once one of the best in Africa but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines

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