Cargo handling and harbor facilities and services are provided by maritime Transit and Services Corporation. Such services are also rendered by private transit companies. Telecommunications Ethiopia is in the process of improving its telecommunications facilities which are relatively efficient by Sub-Sahara African standards. Direct microwave links connect all regional cities, and a number of smaller towns have automatic telephone services. Excellent international communications links are maintained through two satellite earth stations, providing telephone, telex, fax and television services.
Microwave links exist with Kenya, Djibouti and Eritrea.
Recently, digital telephone exchanges have been installed. Together with the digitalization of the exchange, additional facsimile, telex and data transmission are widely used. Postal services, including sky-pack facilities, operate domestically and for international contacts. Power Supply Ethiopia has vast hydro-power and promising geothermal energy resources. In view of the topographic features of the country, at least 20 to 25 percent of this potential can be economically developed.