Currency code:
UYU
Exchange rates:
Uruguayan pesos per US dollar - 28.2091 (2003), 21.257 (2002),
13.3191 (2001), 12.0996 (2000), 11.3393 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Uruguay
Telephones - main lines in use:
946,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
652,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fully digitalized
domestic: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new
nationwide microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 598; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2002)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 91, FM 149, shortwave 7 (2001)
Radios:
1.97 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
23 (2002)