Telephone system: fair system for long-distance calling domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines international: tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 1
Radios: 398,000 (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 0 (1987 est.)
Televisions: 32,000 (1992 est.)
Defense ———-
Branches: Guyana Defense Force (GDF; includes Ground Forces, Coast
Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana People's Militia (GPM), Guyana
National Service (GNS)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 197,548
males fit for military service: 149,646 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $7 million, 1.7%
of GDP (1994)
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