Exchange rates:
leones per US dollar - 2,099.03 (2002), 1,986.15 (2001), 2,092.12
(2000), 1,804.19 (1999), 1,563.62 (1998)
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calendar year
Communications Sierra Leone
Telephones - main lines in use:
25,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
30,000 (2001)
Telephone system:
general assessment: marginal telephone and telegraph service
domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects
Freetown to Bo and Kenema
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1999)
Radios:
1.12 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (1999)
Televisions:
53,000 (1997)