Economic aid - recipient:
$239.6 million (1995)
Currency:
Dominican peso (DOP)
Currency code:
DOP
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos per US dollar - 18.61 (2002), 16.95 (2001), 16.42
(2000), 16.03 (1999), 15.27 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Dominican Republic
Telephones - main lines in use:
709,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
130,149 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: relatively efficient system based on islandwide microwave
radio relay network
international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station -
1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)