nalog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and
Intersputnik earth stations

Belgium:
general assessment: highly developed, technologically
advanced, and completely automated domestic and international
telephone and telegraph facilities

domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; extensive cable
network; limited microwave radio relay network

international: 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat

Belize:
general assessment: above-average system

domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Benin:
general assessment: NA

domestic: fair system of open wire, microwave radio relay, and
cellular connections

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); submarine cable

Bermuda:
general assessment: NA

domestic: modern, fully automatic telephone system

international: 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Bhutan:
general assessment: NA

domestic: domestic telephone service is very poor with few
telephones in use

international: international telephone and telegraph service is by
landline through India; a satellite earth station was planned (1990)

Bolivia:
general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic
difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other
cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly

domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs
digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic
cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
general assessment: 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

domestic: NA

international: no satellite earth stations

Botswana:
general assessment: sparse system

domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations

international: two international exchanges; digital microwave radio
relay links to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth
station - 1 Intelsat (Ind