eneral assessment: adequate system

domestic: system is automatically switched

international: direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique
and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to
Barbados; international calls beyond these countries are carried by
Intelsat from Martinique

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
general assessment: adequate

domestic: NA

international: radiotelephone communication with most countries in
the world; 1 earth station in French domestic satellite system

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
general assessment: adequate
system

domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF
radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the
Grenadines

international: VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to
Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia;
access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia

Samoa:
general assessment: adequate

domestic: NA

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

San Marino:
general assessment: adequate connections

domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into
Italian system

international: connected to Italian international network

Sao Tome and Principe:
general assessment: adequate facilities

domestic: minimal system

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

Saudi Arabia:
general assessment: modern system

domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and
fiber-optic cable systems

international: microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait,
Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan;
submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth
stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1
Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Senegal:
general assessment: good system

domestic: above-average urban system; microwave radio relay,
coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system

international: 4 submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Seychelles:
general assessment: effective system

domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands in the
archipelago

international: direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent
island countries and African coastal countries