Salamu aleikum Hicham,
ich komme langsam den Stau meiner Lekture durch und bin auf einer Studie der UNESCO gestossen, wo ein solcher Beitrag drin steht.
Hope it helps
Hachim
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Infrastructure achievements

Considerable effort has already been made toward achieving the objectives listed above. With respect to telecommunications, the number of telephone lines increased from 260,000 at the end of 1987 to 1.5 million in 1999. The average waiting time for installation of a line has been cut from 80 months to 1.4 months (including rural areas). The transmission network's capacity has increased from almost 4,000 to 466,000 circuits, using primarily fibre﷓optic technology. The use of SDH fibre-optic technology and the near﷓total digitization of transmission and switching systems have substantially improved network reliability and now support an expanded range of services including videotex, ISDN, Internet and high-speed links. The number of automated rural communes has increased from 65 to 1,058, or 82% of the 1,297 rural communes. The number of payphones increased from 484 at the end of 1987 to 36,000 at the end of 1999, 83% of which are managed by private operators.
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