Currency code:
BWP
Exchange rates:
pulas per US dollar - 4.9499 (2003), 6.3278 (2002), 5.8412 (2001),
5.1018 (2000), 4.6244 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Botswana
Telephones - main lines in use:
142,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
435,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of
mobile cellular service and participation in regional development
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile
cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; two international exchanges;
digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
252,720 (2000)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)