Economic aid - recipient:
Australia $5.5 million, New Zealand $2.3 million (FY01/02)

Currency:
pa'anga (TOP)

Currency code:
TOP

Exchange rates:
pa'anga per US dollar NA (2002), 2.12 (2001), 1.76 (2000), 1.6
(1999), 1.49 (1998)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Tonga

Telephones - main lines in use:
8,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
302 (1996)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
(1996)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2001)