Business Infrastructure International telephone and fax service is efficient though expensive. Uruguay's phone system is fully digitized. There is widespread use of cellular phones. A couple of five-star category hotels in Montevideo have been recently inaugurated or renovated. Several airlines have service to Montevideo's Carrasco international airport from Europe, and other parts of Latin America.
Internal transportation is mainly by car or bus.
There is very limited internal passenger railway service. Within Montevideo, bus and taxi services are extensive and inexpensive. Uruguay observes standard time. Greenwich mean time, two hours ahead of eastern standard time, and one hour ahead of eastern daylight time. There are no restrictions on the temporary entry of business-related equipment.