lmost all
points on both islands

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) with links through London to other countries

Faroe Islands:
general assessment: good international
communications; good domestic facilities

domestic: digitalization was completed in 1998; both NMT (analog)
and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed

international: satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic
submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands
with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to
Canada-Europe cable

Fiji:
general assessment: modern local, interisland, and
international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose
telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio
communications center

domestic: NA

international: access to important cable links between US and
Canada as well as between NZ and Australia; satellite earth station
- 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Finland:
general assessment: modern system with excellent service

domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and an extensive cellular
net provide domestic needs

international: 1 submarine cable; satellite earth stations - access
to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth
station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note -
Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic
countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)

France:
general assessment: highly developed

domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive
introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system

international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of
5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA
Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone
communications with more than 20 countries

French Guiana:
general assessment: NA

domestic: fair open wire and microwave radio relay system

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

French Polynesia:
general assessment: NA

domestic: NA

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

Gabon:
general assessment: NA

domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay,
tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a
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