Exchange rates:
kwanza per US dollar - 43.53 (2002), 22.06 (2001), 10.04 (2000),
2.79 (1999), 0.39 (1998); note - in December 1999 the kwanza was
revalued with six zeroes dropped off the old value
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Angola
Telephones - main lines in use:
72,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
25,800 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone service limited mostly to government
and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military
links
domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and
tropospheric scatter
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)
Radios:
815,000 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)
Televisions:
196,000 (2000)