Telephone system: 11,000 telephones; domestic system poor but
improving; provides only minimal service
local: NA
intercity: microwave radio relay, wire, and radio communications
stations; expansion of microwave radio relay in progress
international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth
stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 2
televisions: NA
@Mali:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National
Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,861,977; males fit for
military service 1,062,916 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $66 million, 2.2% of
GDP (1994)
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@Malta:Geography