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Communications
Telephones: 767,333 (1997)
Telephone system: some modern facilities domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide microwave radio relay network international: satellite earth stations-2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 0, shortwave 28
Radios: 1.89 million (1992 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 42
Televisions: 1,131,065 (1996)
@Uruguay:Transportation
Railways: total: 2,998 km (918 km closed) (1997) standard gauge: 2,075 km 1.435-m gauge