oaxial cable, cellular,
tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth
stations

international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat,
and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave
radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece;
participant in Medarabtel (1999)

Liechtenstein:
general assessment: automatic telephone system

domestic: NA

international: linked to Swiss networks by cable and microwave
radio relay

Lithuania:
general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized
to provide an improved international capability and better
residential access

domestic: a national, fiber-optic cable, interurban, trunk system
is nearing completion; rural exchanges are being improved and
expanded; mobile cellular systems are being installed; access to the
Internet is available; still many unsatisfied telephone subscriber
applications

international: landline connections to Latvia and Poland; major
international connections to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by
submarine cable for further transmission by satellite

Luxembourg:
general assessment: highly developed, completely
automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables

domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable

international: 3 channels leased on TAT-6 coaxial submarine cable
(Europe to North America)

Macau:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services

domestic: NA

international: HF radiotelephone communication facility; access to
international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and
China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
general assessment: NA

domestic: NA

international: NA

Madagascar:
general assessment: system is above average for the
region

domestic: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay,
and tropospheric scatter links

international: submarine cable to Bahrain; satellite earth stations
- 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean
region)

Malawi:
general assessment: NA

domestic: fair system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and radiotelephone communications stations

international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian