Telephone
Main lines in use: 8,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: >30,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
domestic: GSM mobile phone network covering 90% of the country (2006) and a landline system covering 65% of country.
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
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