Economic aid - donor: ODA, $3.4 billion (1997)
Currency: 1 British pound = 100 pence
Exchange rates: British pounds per US$1 - 0.6092 (January 2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
@United Kingdom:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 29.41 million (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 13 million (yearend 1998)
Telephone system: technologically advanced domestic and international system domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems international: 40 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Radio broadcast stations: AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 84.5 million (1997)