Communications

Telephones: 17,000 (1991 est.) Telephone system: poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations (improvements being made) domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 Radios: 300,000 (1993 est.) Television broadcast stations: 1 (1987 est.) Televisions: 50,000 (1992 est.)