Exchange rates:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 135.04
(January 2002), 133.26 (2001), 129.44 (2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25
(1998)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications New Caledonia

Telephones - main lines in use:
47,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
13,040 (1998)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
107,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
6 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
52,000 (1997)