Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.2885 (2003), 1.4217 (2002),
1.4387 (2001), 1.3707 (2000), 1.1862 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Tunisia
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,163,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,899,900 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be
upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet
access available
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial
cable, and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 216; 5 submarine cables; satellite
earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial
cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in
Medarabtel; two international gateway digital switches
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
2.06 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
920,000 (1997)