Exchange rates:
Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,963.72 (2003), 1,797.55 (2002),
1,755.66 (2001), 1,644.48 (2000), 1,454.83 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Uganda
Telephones - main lines in use:
61,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
776,200 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have
been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is
essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular
systems for short-range traffic
international: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and
Tanzania
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
5 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)
Televisions:
500,000 (2001)