Economic aid - recipient:
$1.2 billion (2001)
Currency:
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Currency code:
TZS
Exchange rates:
Tanzanian shillings per US dollar - NA (2003), 966.583 (2002),
876.412 (2001), 800.409 (2000), 744.759 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Tanzania
Telephones - main lines in use:
149,100 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
891,200 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system operating below capacity and being
modernized for better service; VSAT (very small aperture terminal)
system under construction
domestic: trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio
relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being
made digital
international: country code - 255; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)