<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip
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<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> telephone service in Belarus is inadequate for the purposes of either business or the population; total number of telephones 1,849,000 (31 December 1991); telephone density—18 for each 100 persons; about 70% of the telephones are in homes; over 750,000 applications from households for telephones remain unsatisfied (1992); new investment centers on international connections and business needs; the new BelCel NMT 450 cellular system (a joint venture) is now operating in Minsk but progress has been slower in establishing an INTELSAT earth station; international traffic still relies on the Moscow international gateway switch; broadcast receivers—television 3,538,000, radio 3,140,000, radio receivers with multiple speaker systems for program diffusion 5,615,000