Currency: 1 Lithuanian litas = 100 centas
Exchange rates: litai per US$1—4.000 (fixed rate since 1 May 1994), 3.978 (1994), 4.344 (1993), 1.773 (1992)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 1.08 million (1998)
Telephone system: the Ministry of Communications and Informatics,
Ministry of Defense, and Ministry of Internal Affairs oversee
Lithuania's telecommunications; the national operator is Lietuvos
Telomas; Internet is available
domestic: local—three cellular service providers; NMT-450 and GSM
standards provide services nationwide; 80% of customers are on the
two GSM networks; 157,000 cellular customers; intercity—Lithuania is
close to completing its fiber-optic backbone consisting of two small
rings inside a larger ring
international: Lithuania has international fiber-optic connectivity
to Latvia, Poland, and an undersea fiber-optic cable to Sweden
Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 26, shortwave 1
Radios: 1.42 million (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 3
Televisions: NA; note—93% of the population have TV, 30% have cable or satellite dish, and 16% own VCRs (1996)