Currency:
Rwandan franc (RWF)
Currency code:
RWF
Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs per US dollar - 537.658 (2003), 476.327 (2002),
442.801 (2001), 389.696 (2000), 333.942 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Rwanda
Telephones - main lines in use:
23,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several
prefecture capitals (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and
government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the
prefectures by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular
telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF
radiotelephone
international: country code - 250; international connections employ
microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite
communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations -
1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax
service)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 3 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of
repeaters and the third FM program is a 24 hour BBC program),
shortwave 1 (2002)
Radios:
601,000 (1997)