lsat,
Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems

United Arab Emirates:
general assessment: modern system consisting
of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu
Dhabi and Dubai

domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable

international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar,
Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom:
general assessment: technologically advanced
domestic and international system

domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and
fiber-optic systems

international: 40 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth
stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1
Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large
international switching centers

United States:
general assessment: a very large, technologically
advanced, multipurpose communications system

domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio
relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of
telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile
telephone traffic throughout the country

international: 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth
stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5
Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and
Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000)

Uruguay:
general assessment: some modern facilities

domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new
nationwide microwave radio relay network

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

Uzbekistan:
general assessment: antiquated and inadequate; in
serious need of modernization

domestic: the domestic telephone system is being expanded and
technologically improved, particularly in Tashkent and Samarqand,
under contracts with prominent companies in industrialized
countries; moreover, by 1998, six cellular networks had been placed
in operation - four of the GSM type (Global System for Mobile
Communication), one D-AMPS type (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone
System), and one AMPS type (Advanced Mobile Phone System)

international: linked by landline or microwave radio relay with CIS
member states and to other countri