Currency code:
CRC
Exchange rates:
Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 359.82 (2002), 328.87 (2001),
308.19 (2000), 285.69 (1999), 257.23 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Costa Rica
Telephones - main lines in use:
450,000 (1998)
note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use
in 1998
Telephones - mobile cellular:
143,000 (2000)
Telephone system:
general assessment: very good domestic telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave,
fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is
available
international: connected to Central American Microwave System;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two
submarine cables (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 50, FM 43, shortwave 19 (1998)
Radios:
980,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (plus 11 repeaters) (1997)