Currency code:
SHP
Exchange rates:
Saint Helenian pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001),
0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998),
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Saint Helena
Telephones - main lines in use:
2,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: can communicate worldwide
domestic: automatic network
international: HF radiotelephone from Saint Helena to Ascensionm,
which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South
Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
3,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
0
note: television programs are received in Saint Helena via satellite
and distributed by cable (2002)