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: 26 (in addition, there are ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station) (1997)
Televisions: 1,131,065 (1996)
Transportation
Railways: total: 2,994 km standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge (921 km closed) (1997)
Highways: total: 8,420 km paved: 7,578 km unpaved: 842 km (1996 est.)