mfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port
Elizabeth, and Pretoria

international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:
general assessment: NA

domestic: NA

international: coastal radiotelephone station at Grytviken

Spain:
general assessment: generally adequate, modern facilities;
teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons

domestic: NA

international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA
Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries

Sri Lanka:
general assessment: 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 (1999)

domestic: national trunk network consists mostly of digital
microwave radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area
and two fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition
is strong in mobile cellular systems; telephone density remains low
at 2.6 main lines per 100 persons (1999)

international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (1999)

Sudan:
general assessment: large, well-equipped system by regional
standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in
1996 and have expanded substantially

domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone
communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite
system with 14 earth stations

international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2000)

Suriname:
general assessment: international facilities are good

domestic: microwave radio relay network

international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean)

Svalbard:
general assessment: probably adequate

domestic: local telephone service

international: satellite earth station - 1 of unknown type (for
communication with Norwegian mainland only)

Swaziland:
general assessment: not a modern system

domestic: system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and
low-capacity, microwave radio relay

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic