general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines,
small radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio
relay system

domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication

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

Guinea-Bissau:
general assessment: small system

domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines,
radiotelephone, and cellular communications

international: NA

Guyana:
general assessment: fair system for long-distance calling

domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines

international: tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth
station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Haiti:
general assessment: domestic facilities barely adequate;
international facilities slightly better

domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay trunk service

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

Holy See (Vatican City):
general assessment: automatic exchange

domestic: tied into Italian system

international: uses Italian system

Honduras:
general assessment: inadequate system

domestic: NA

international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System

Hong Kong:
general assessment: modern facilities provide excellent
domestic and international services

domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic
network

international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China; access
to 5 international submarine cables providing connections to ASEAN
member nations, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Middle East, and Western
Europe

Hungary:
general assessment: the telephone system has been
modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for
telecommunication service

domestic: the system is digitalized and highly automated; trunk
services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave
radio relay; a program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was
initiated in 1996; heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones

international: Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all
neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian
Ocean regions), 1 In