Currency code:
ANG
Exchange rates:
Netherlands Antillean guilders per US dollar - 1.79 (2002), 1.79
(2001), 1.79 (2000), 1.79 (1999), 1.79 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Netherlands Antilles
Telephones - main lines in use:
76,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
13,977 (1996)
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally adequate facilities
domestic: extensive interisland microwave radio relay links
international: submarine cables - 2; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
217,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 3 (there is also a cable service, which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (1997)