Exchange rates:
Uruguayan pesos per US dollar - 21.26 (2002), 13.32 (2001), 12.1
(2000), 11.34 (1999), 10.47 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Uruguay
Telephones - main lines in use:
929,141 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
350,000 (2001)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fully digitalized
domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new
nationwide microwave radio relay network
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean) (2002)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 91, FM 149, shortwave 7 (2001)
Radios:
1.97 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
20 (2001)
Televisions:
782,000 (1997)