Currency code:
EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),
1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Reunion
Telephones - main lines in use:
300,000 est (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
489,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis
domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 262; radiotelephone communication to
Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); fiber optic
submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE) provides connectivity to Europe
and Asia
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001)
Radios:
173,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)