Currency code:
QAR
Exchange rates:
Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.64 (2003), 3.64 (2002), 3.64 (2001),
3.64 (2000), 3.64 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Qatar
Telephones - main lines in use:
184,500 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
376,500 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: country code - 974; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to
Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
256,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)