Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
sucres per US dollar - 25,000 (2002), 25,000 (2001), 24,988.4
(2000), 11,786.8 (1999), 5,446.57 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Ecuador
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,115,272 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
384,000 (1999)
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
Radios:
5 million (2001)