domestic: NA

international: no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into
the French communications system

Mongolia:
general assessment: very low density: about 3.5
telephones for each thousand persons

domestic: NA

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian
Ocean Region)

Montserrat:
general assessment: NA

domestic: NA

international: NA

Morocco:
general assessment: modern system with all important
capabilities; however density is low with only 4.6 main lines
available for each 100 persons

domestic: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and
microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive;
principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national
network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural
service employs microwave radio relay

international: 7 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to
Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable and microwave
radio relay to Algeria; participant in Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable
link from Agadir to Algeria and Tunisia (1998)

Mozambique:
general assessment: fair system but not available
generally (telephone density is only 3.5 telephones for each 1,000
persons)

domestic: the system consists of open-wire lines and trunk
connection by microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatter

international: satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic
Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean)

Namibia:
general assessment: good system; about 6 telephones for
each 100 persons

domestic: good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio
relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are
by open wire; 100% digital

international: fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio
relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries;
connected to Africa ONE and South African Far East (SAFE) submarine
cables through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat

Nauru:
general assessment: adequate local and international
radiotelephone communications provided via Australian facilities

domestic: NA

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

Nepal:
general assessment: poor telephone and telegraph service;
fair radiotelephone communicatio